גמל

Hebrew

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈmal/
(Yemenite Hebrew) (animal): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔːmɔːl/
(Yemenite Hebrew) (animal driver): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒamːɔːl/
(Yemenite Hebrew) (verbs): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔːmal/

Etymology 1

Root
ג־מ־ל‎ (g-m-l)

From Proto-Semitic *gamal-. Compare Arabic جَمَل‎ (jamal, “camel”), جَمَّال‎ (jammāl, “camel driver”).

Noun

גָּמָל • (gamál) m (plural indefinite גְּמַלִּים‎, singular construct גְּמַל־, plural construct גְּמַלֵּי־‎, feminine counterpart נָאקָה‎) [pattern: קָטָל]

camel
- Genesis 24:46, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏וַתְּמַהֵר וַתּוֹרֶד כַּדָּהּ מֵעָלֶיהָ וַתֹּאמֶר שְׁתֵה וְגַם־גְּמַלֶּיךָ אַשְׁקֶה וָאֵשְׁתְּ וְגַם הַגְּמַלִּים הִשְׁקָתָה׃‎‎
  vat'mahér vatóred kadáh me'aléha vatómer sh'té v'gam-g'malékha 'ashké va'ésht v'gám hag'malím hishkáta.
  wattəmahēr wattṓreḏ kaddāh mēʿāléhā wattṓmer šəṯē wəḡam-gəmalléḵā ʾašqé wāʾēšt wəḡam haggəmallīm hišqā́ṯā.
  And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

Declension

Declension of גָּמָל

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	גָּמָל	first	גְּמַלִּי‎		גְּמַלֵּנוּ‎
	definite	הַגָּמָל‎	second	גְּמַלְּךָ‎	גְּמַלֵּךְ‎	גְּמַלְּכֶם‎	גְּמַלְּכֶן‎
	construct	גְּמַל־	third	גְּמַלּוֹ‎	גְּמַלָּהּ‎	גְּמַלָּם‎	גְּמַלָּן‎
plural	indefinite	גְּמַלִּים‎	first	גמליי / גְּמַלַּי‎		גְּמַלֵּינוּ‎
	definite	הַגְּמַלִּים‎	second	גְּמַלֶּיךָ‎	גמלייך / גְּמַלַּיִךְ‎	גְּמַלֵּיכֶם‎	גְּמַלֵּיכֶן‎
	construct	גְּמַלֵּי־‎	third	גְּמַלָּיו‎	גְּמַלֶּיהָ‎	גְּמַלֵּיהֶם‎	גְּמַלֵּיהֶן‎

References

H1581 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

גַּמָּל • (gamál) m (plural indefinite גַּמָּלִים‎, singular construct גַּמַּל־, plural construct גַּמָּלֵי־‎) [pattern: קַטָּל]

camel driver

Etymology 2

Root
ג־מ־ל‎ (g-m-l)

Verb

גָּמַל • (gamál) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִגְמַל‎)

to wean (from mother's milk)
(by extension) to wean (from alcohol, drugs, or other addiction)
(biblical) to ripen

Conjugation

Conjugation of גָּמַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לגמול / לִגְמֹל‎ action noun: גְּמִילָה‎ passive participle: גָּמוּל‎
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	גָּמַלְתִּי‎		גָּמַלְנוּ‎
	second	גָּמַלְתָּ‎	גָּמַלְתְּ‎	גְּמַלְתֶּם‎¹	גְּמַלְתֶּן‎¹
	third	גָּמַל	גָּמְלָה‎	גָּמְלוּ‎
present		גּוֹמֵל‎	גּוֹמֶלֶת‎	גּוֹמְלִים‎	גּוֹמְלוֹת‎
future	first	אגמול / אֶגְמֹל‎		נגמול / נִגְמֹל‎
	second	תגמול / תִּגְמֹל‎	תִּגְמְלִי‎	תִּגְמְלוּ‎	תגמולנה / תִּגְמֹלְנָה‎²
	third	יגמול / יִגְמֹל‎	תגמול / תִּגְמֹל‎	יִגְמְלוּ‎	תגמולנה / תִּגְמֹלְנָה‎²
imperative		גמול / גְּמֹל‎	גִּמְלִי‎	גִּמְלוּ‎	גמולנה / גְּמֹלְנָה‎²
notes		Pronounced גָּמַלְתֶּם‎ and גָּמַלְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 3

Root
ג־מ־ל‎ (g-m-l)

Verb

גָּמַל • (gamál) (pa'al construction)

to recompense, repay (someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of גָּמַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לגמול / לִגְמֹל‎ action noun: גְּמִילָה‎ passive participle: —
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	גָּמַלְתִּי‎		גָּמַלְנוּ‎
	second	גָּמַלְתָּ‎	גָּמַלְתְּ‎	גְּמַלְתֶּם‎¹	גְּמַלְתֶּן‎¹
	third	גָּמַל	גָּמְלָה‎	גָּמְלוּ‎
present		גּוֹמֵל‎	גּוֹמֶלֶת‎	גּוֹמְלִים‎	גּוֹמְלוֹת‎
future	first	אגמול / אֶגְמֹל‎		נגמול / נִגְמֹל‎
	second	תגמול / תִּגְמֹל‎	תִּגְמְלִי‎	תִּגְמְלוּ‎	תגמולנה / תִּגְמֹלְנָה‎²
	third	יגמול / יִגְמֹל‎	תגמול / תִּגְמֹל‎	יִגְמְלוּ‎	תגמולנה / תִּגְמֹלְנָה‎²
imperative		גמול / גְּמֹל‎	גִּמְלִי‎	גִּמְלוּ‎	גמולנה / גְּמֹלְנָה‎²
notes		Pronounced גָּמַלְתֶּם‎ and גָּמַלְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Anagrams

לגם‎
מגל‎

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