גֹּמֶא gômeʼ

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: (bul-) rush.

Derivation: from H1572 (גָּמָא);

Where it is used

• Exodus 2:3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
• Job 8:11 Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
• Isaiah 18:2 which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
• Isaiah 35:7 The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.