גמל

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

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Root
ג־מ־ל (g-m-l)

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

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

1. camel
   • Tanach, 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.

• הַקַּשׁ שֶׁשָּׁבַר אֶת גַּב הַגָּמָל (hakásh sheshavár ét gáv hagamál)

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

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

1. camel driver

Root
ג־מ־ל (g-m-l)

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

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

Root
ג־מ־ל (g-m-l)

גֶּמֶל • (gémel) m (plural indefinite גּמָלִים, singular construct גֶּמֶל־, plural construct גְּמַלֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. an accumulated fund for a pension or retirement, or in case of a lay-off

גָּמַל • (gamál) (pa'al construction)

1. to recompense, repay (someone)

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