King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1581
Transliteration: gamal
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-mawl')
Part of Speech: Noun
Short Definition: a camel
Meaning: a camel
Word Summary
gamal: a camel
Original Word: גָּמָלTransliteration: gamal
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-mawl')
Part of Speech: Noun
Short Definition: a camel
Meaning: a camel
Strong's Concordance
camel Apparently from gamal (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing); a camel -- camel.
see HEBREW gamal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1581. gamal
גַּמְלִיאֵל proper name, masculine (reward of God) a prince of Manasseh Numbers 1:10; 2:20; 7:54, 59; 10:23, compare Mishna גמליאל, Palmyrene VogNo. 124, ᵐ5 Γαμαλιήλ Acts 5:34.
גָּמָל
noun masculine Genesis 24:10 9t., feminine & masculine 32:16 (compare below), camel (Late Hebrew id. Arabic , Ethiopic Assyrian gammalu COTGloss Aramaic גַּמְלָא, ; Palmyrene Tariff plural גמלין ReckendZMG 1888, 401; √גמל but meaning of √ dubious; BoHieroz i. 73 derives from גמל requite, so LagBN 20, 49 (camel as μνησίκακος); see also conjectures in MV, Dl in HptF. 70 HptBAS i. 171; A. see KremerSemit. Culturentlehn., 2, HomNS 144 ff.) — absolute גָּמָל 24:64 7t.; plural גְּמַלִּים 12:16 30t.; construct גְּמַלֵּי 24:10; suffix גְּמַלָּיךָ 24:14 3t.; גְּמַלָּיו 24:20; גְּמַלֵּיהֶם 37:25 6t.; — camel,
1 as property (in Hexateuch only J) Genesis 12:16 ("" אתנות) 24:10, 35 ("" חמורים etc.) 30:43 ("" id.) 32:8 ("" בקר צאן,) Exodus 9:3 (Egyptian "" צאן בקר, חמורים, סוסים,, etc.) Judges 6:5; 7:12; 1 Samuel 15:3 ("" חמור etc.) 27:9; 1 Chronicles 5:21; 27:30 (all "" id.) 2 Chronicles 14:14 ("" צאן) Ezra 2:67 ("" חמורים פרדים, סוסים,) = Nehemiah 7:68; Job 1:3 ("" אתנות בקר, צאן,) compare 1:17; 42:12 ("" id.) Jeremiah 49:29 ("" צאן) 49:32; Zechariah 14:15 ("" פרד חמור, סוס,) [4 t. "" סוס and other words, Exodus 9:3 (Egyptians), Zechariah 14:15 (enemies of Israel), Ezra 2:67 = Nehemiah 7:68 (returned exiles)].
2 as beasts of burden Genesis 24:10 compare 24:11; 24:14; 24:19; 24:20; 24:22; 24:30; 24:31; 24:32; 24:32; 24:44; 24:46; 24:46; 37:25 (all J), 1 Kings 10:2; 2 Kings 8:9; 1 Chronicles 12:41; 2 Chronicles 9:1; Isaiah 30:6 (ג ׳עַלדַּֿבֶּשֶׁת), 60:6 ("" מִדְיָן בִּכְרֵי).
3 for riding Genesis 24:61, 63, 64 (all J), 31:17, 34 (both E) 1 Samuel 30:17, compare also Judges 8:21, 26 and particularly Isaiah 21:7 גמל רֶכֶב; a riding-company of camels i.e. a troop of camels with riders; גמלים נְרֵה an abode of camels,in prediction against Ammon Ezekiel 25:5, ("" צאן מִרְבַּץ).
4 forbidden as food Leviticus 11:4 (P) Deuteronomy 14:7.