Gershom

[ gur-shuhm ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) the elder son of Moses and Zipporah.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gershom¹

From Hebrew Gēreshōm “a sojourner there”

Example Sentences

Just last week, Gershom Gorenberg argued in these pages for the abolishment of the chief rabbinate.

From The Daily Beast

The latest salvo comes from Gershom Gorenberg, responding to Jonathan Safran Foer, with whom he largely agrees.

From The Daily Beast

Gershom Gorenberg on Israel's Orthodox challenge, from August's issue of Prospect magazine.

From The Daily Beast

As Gershom Gorenberg points out, both Israelis and Palestinians like to erase or blur those boundaries.

From The Daily Beast

So the Israelis emerged, as Gershom Gorenberg called it, with an "accidental empire."

From The Daily Beast

He had exchanged no words with his daughter on the subject, though they had been at Gershom together.

From Project Gutenberg

The new dam and the new establishments of various sorts, which followed its completion, did much for Gershom.

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Business had not been a secondary consideration with Mr Langden when he paid his visit to Gershom.

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That is, Clifton had not fully decided whether he should change his plans and settle in Gershom.

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Clifton Holt did not say much to any one, except his sister Elizabeth, of all that was to be undertaken soon in Gershom.

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