# H1573 גֹּמֶא

גֹּמֶא (gômeʼ), Strong’s H1573: properly, an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus KJV: (bul-) rush.. Occurs 4 times.

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*gômeʼ* — properly, an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus

KJV: (bul-) rush.

Derived from [גָּמָא gâmâʼ](https://besorah.bible/word/H1572) (to absorb)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- גֹּ֫מֶא n.m. rush, reed, papyrus

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 2:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/2?v=3) — When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put…
- [Isaiah 18:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/18?v=2) — that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, “Go, you swift messengers, to a…
- [Isaiah 35:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/35?v=7) — The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in…
- [Job 8:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/8?v=11) — “Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?