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title: גָּמָא — swallow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּמָא (1572), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: swallow. BDB 1906: vb. swallow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּמָא

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«גָּמָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swallow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1572 · **BDB:** גָּמָא

### Glosses

give (1); it.swallows (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swallow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1572/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. swallow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1572/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. swallow (liquids), (NH id.; cf. Aramaic גְּמָא, גְּמַע, ܓܡܰܥ; perhaps cf. also Ethiopic ግምዔ jar, vessel v. Di)— Impf. יְגַמֶּא־אֶרֶץ Jb 39:24 fig. of horse in swift gallop; (this, however, possibly denom. from גּוּמָּא NH, Aramaic גּוּמְּתָא, ܓܽܘܡܬܳܐ pit, hollow, i.e. he makes \[paws or stamps\] hollows in the earth). Imv. fs. sf. הַגְמִיאִינִי נָא מְעַט־מַיִם Gn 24:17 let me drink a little water, pray.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּמָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1572/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.24/)

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בְּרַ֣עַשׁ וְ֭רֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹֽא־יַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּי־ק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃

*Word for word:* with shaking and excitement it.swallows \[the\].ground and not it.stands.firm (dm) \[the\].sound of.a.horn

*JPS 1917:* He swalloweth the ground with storm and rage; neither believeth he that it is the voice of the horn.

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[Genesis 24:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.17/)

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וַיָּ֥רָץ הָעֶ֖בֶד לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הַגְמִיאִ֥ינִי נָ֛א מְעַט־מַ֖יִם מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.ran the servant to meet her and he.said give me.to.drink please a.little of.water from jar your

*JPS 1917:* And the servant ran to meet her, and said: 'Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher.'

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