Geshem the Arab

E319263

biblical figure regional leader

Geshem the Arab was a regional leader and adversary of Nehemiah who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls in the 5th century BCE.

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Label	Occurrences
Geshem the Arab canonical	3

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ regional leader ⓘ
activityLocation	Jerusalem ⓘ region around Judah ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gashmu ⓘ
associatedWith	Sanballat the Horonite ⓘ Tobiah the Ammonite ⓘ
attemptedAction	to hinder rebuilding efforts ⓘ
biblicalBookChapterMention	Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Nehemiah 2 Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Nehemiah 6
conflictType	political opposition ⓘ religious opposition ⓘ
ethnicDesignation	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Arab
historicalContext	Persian period in Yehud ⓘ
mentionedIn	Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Nehemiah Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
narrativeFunction	opponent of Jerusalem’s restoration ⓘ
opposed	Nehemiah ⓘ rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls ⓘ
opposedLeaderOf	returned Judean community ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	Arab tribes near Judah ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
roleInNarrative	adversary of Nehemiah ⓘ
sourceTextLanguage	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
timePeriod	5th century BCE ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nehemiah → opposed → Geshem the Arab ⓘ

Sanballat the Horonite → ally → Geshem the Arab ⓘ

Tobiah the Ammonite → alliedWith → Geshem the Arab ⓘ