bodily form

The Overflowing Fullness: Geshem (גשם) as Rain, Bodily Saturation, and the Bosom of יהוה
In the mystery of Colossians 2:9 (Peshitta: ܕܒܗ ܥܡܪ ܟܠܗ ܡܘܠܝܐ ܕܐܠܗܘܬܐ ܓܘܫܡܢܐܝܬ — "for in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily/corporately"), we behold not a confined indwelling, but a pervasive, saturating flow. The Aramaic term for "bodily/corporately" echoes the Hebrew root tied to geshem (גשם = rain), revealing how the divine essence manifests tangibly yet remains omnipresent.Break the letters of geshem (גשם) to see the picture unfold:

• Gimel (ג): The letter of generous giving, benevolence, and extension. As the camel (gamal) carries nourishment across distances, gimel pours forth kindness without withholding—symbolizing the Father's merciful descent, the initial outpouring from the divine source.
• Shin (ש): The letter of divine fire, transformation, and overwhelming intensity. Shin consumes and changes, evoking a deluge or flood—not destructive, but overwhelmingly beneficial. It is the mighty rush that saturates, penetrates, and renews, like fire turning coal to flame or rain overwhelming the dry earth in abundance.
• Final Mem (ם): The closed mem of water embodied, hidden depths realized in form. Mem is mayim (מים = waters), the womb of life, completion in manifestation. Here, as final form, it shows water gathered, contained yet ready to pour—the benefit realized as saturated, cleansing reality.

Thus geshem (גשם) portrays an overwhelming flood of giving (gimel + shin) that becomes embodied water (mem)—a peaceful, cleansing deluge saturating the ground, bringing life to righteous and unrighteous alike (Matthew 5:45). Rain descends from heaven without discrimination, yet it is the very substance of physical life: without geshem (rain), no gashmiut (corporeality/physical being) endures.This rain originates in a thick body of water—the cloud. Clouds hold vast waters in suspended form, heavy yet mobile, veiling the source while delivering the benefit. In Hebrew, thick clouds are עָב ('ab), often linked to heavy, dark masses laden with rain (Psalm 18:11-12: "He made darkness His secret place; His pavilion around Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies"). In Aramaic, the related concept of עוב (uwba / ob) means "bosom"—an inlet or outlet, like the chest cavity inhaling/exhaling air, or a cove embracing waters. The bosom is both hidden depth and flowing source: air/breath (ruach) moves in and out; waters gather and issue forth.
Scripture unites these: The Son "exists in the bosom of the Father" (John 1:18), drawn from the thick, water-filled clouds of יהוה's presence (Psalm 18:15-16: "He drew me out of many waters... from the thick clouds"). The bosom/cloud is the thick darkness where יהוה dwells (Exodus 20:21; Deuteronomy 4:11), yet from it flows revelation and salvation—never separate, always extending.In Yeshua the man, this takes profound dimension: All the fullness of the Godhead (mulya d-alahuta) flows corporately (gushmanayit)—as Living Word, Mighty Rushing Wind (ruach), and Living Waters—from the Sea of יהוה the Father, through Yah/Yeshua without measure (John 3:34; John 7:38). The Father (יהוה, source of Living Waters) and Son (Yah, the extension/manifestation/mighty flowing wind) are one in essence (echad, undivided), yet distinct in flow: The Father remains omnipresent Sea; the Son is the channel, the right hand/arm extended (Exodus 15:6; Psalm 118:15-16), yet the Son as a mighty rushing wind creates a gathering place for the thick waters, to form the heavy clouds—yet when this form takes on flesh, this creates the fountain from which waters pour (Jeremiah 17:13; Isaiah 12:3).Like rain from thick clouds saturating earth, the divine essence—Word/Wind/Waters—flows through Yeshua's bodily form: cleansing, renewing, giving life abundantly. It is no localized enclosure (impossible for the omnipresent), but a corporate embodiment—pervasive saturation, like geshem overwhelming the ground yet leaving no part untouched. Both Father and Son are in this flow: יהוה as the boundless Sea, Yah as the Living Breath as Salvation channeled forth.
To those who call on His name (Master Yah is Yeshua the Messiah, to the glory of יהוה His Father—Philippians 2:11 Aramaic), this fullness pours without measure: cleansing sin, healing the desolate, uniting seed with Waters in the heart. The overwhelming benefit descends generously (gimel), transforms intensely (shin), and embodies life (mem)—from the bosom/cloud of the Father, through the Son, to all who thirst.Shalom in calling upon the Name.