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GOMER , the biblical name of a See also:

race appearing in the table of nations (Gen. x. 2), as the " eldest son " of See also:Japheth and the " See also:father " of Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah; and in Ezek. xxxviii. 6 as a See also:companion of " the See also:house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the See also:north," and an ally of See also:Gog; both Gomer and Togarmah being credited with " hordes," 1 E.V., i.e. " bands " or " armies." The " sons " of Gomer are probably tribes of north-See also:east See also:Asia See also:Minor and See also:Armenia, and Gomer is identified with the Cimmerians. These are referred to in See also:cuneiform See also:inscriptions under the See also:Assyrian name gimmira (gimirrai) as raiding Asia Minor from the north and north-east of the See also:Black 1 rig! Agaph, a word See also:peculiar to See also:Ezekiel, See also:Clarendon See also:Press Heb. Lex. See also:Sea, and overrunning See also:Lydia in the 7th See also:century B. c. (see CIaiMERII, See also:SCYTHIA, LYDIA). They do not seem to have made any permanent settlements, unless some such are indicated by the fact that the Armenians called See also:Cappadocia Gamir. It is, however, suggested that this name is borrowed from the Old Testament.' The name Gomer (Gomer See also:bath Diblaim) was also See also:borne by the unfaithful wife of See also:Hosea, whom he pardoned and took back (Hosea i. 3).

Hosea uses these incidents as symbolic of the See also:

sin, See also:punishment and redemption of See also:Israel, but there is no need to regard Gomer as a purely imaginary See also:person. (W. H.

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