Gereshomגרשמ
In the Bible
A biblical personal name — Gereshom (גרשמ) — attested in Ex 2:22 (5 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).
Read Ex 2:22 on Sefaria →וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ גֵּרְשֹׁ֑ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר גֵּ֣ר הָיִ֔יתִי בְּאֶ֖רֶץ נׇכְרִיָּֽה׃
She bore a son whom he named Gershom,cGershom Associated with ger sham, “a stranger there.” for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.”
Facts
| Type | person |
| Biblical period | Patriarchs/Conquest |
| Gematria | 543 |
| Letters | 4 consonants |
| Theophoric | no |
Wikipedia — Gershom
According to the Bible, Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. The name means "a stranger there" in Hebrew, which the text argues was a reference to Moses' flight from Egypt. Biblical scholars regard the name as being essentially the same as Gershon and in the Book of Chronicles the progenitor of one of the principal Levite clans is sometimes identified as Gershom, sometimes as Gershon.
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Gereshom appears in the stellar reading on 12 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.
| Date | Precessional era | Occupied letters |O| |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Jun 8267 BCE | Cancer | 1 |
| 21 Oct 6352 BCE | Cancer | 3 |
| 11 Mar 5685 BCE | Gemini | 1 |
| 26 Mar 4831 BCE | Gemini | 1 |
| 5 Nov 4018 BCE | Gemini | 1 |
| 20 Mar 3242 BCE | Taurus | 2 |
| 21 Jun 1912 BCE | Taurus | 2 |
| 9 Nov 958 BCE | Aries | 2 |
| 18 Jul 144 BCE | Aries | 1 |
| 12 Jan 1994 | Pisces | 3 |
| 24 Apr 1857 | Pisces | 3 |
| 4 Feb 1962 | Pisces | 1 |