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title: גָּמַל — deal fully · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּמַל (1580), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: deal fully. BDB 1906: vb. deal fully adequately with, deal out to wean ripen. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּמַל

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«גָּמַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deal fully** — 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:** 37 times · **Key:** 1580 · **BDB:** גָּמַל

### Glosses

he (5); she (4); a.weaned.\[child\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deal fully [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1580/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. deal fully adequately with, deal out to wean ripen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1580/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. deal fully or adequately with, deal out to. wean. ripen (Assyrian gamâlu, deal with, benefit, e.g. VR 35:19; NH גָּמַל, Aramaic גְּמַל; v. Palm. n.pr. אגמלא Vog.No. 124, Nab.n.pr.f. גמלת Vog.Nab. sub No. 7; perhaps orig. complete, accomplish, cogn. גמר;—Arabic جَمَلَ is collect, جَمُلَ / جَمِلَ be beautiful, goodly)— Pf. ψ 13:6 +; Impf. יִגְמֹל Nu 17:23 +; Imv. גְּמֹל ψ 119:17; Inf. גָּמְלֵךְ, גָּמְלָהּ 1 S 1:23; Pt. גֹּמֵל Pr 11:17 +; pass. גָּמוּל Is 11:8; גָּמֻל ψ 131:2(×2);— deal out to, do to, c. 2 acc. גְּמָלַתְהוּ טוֹב וְלֹא רָע she doeth him good and not evil Pr 31:12; כִּי אַתָּה גְּמַלְתַּנִי הַטּוֹבָה וַאֲנִי גְּמַלְתִּיךָ הָֽרָעָה for thou hast done unto me the good but I have done unto thee the evil 1 S 24:18; do evil (ה)רע unto Gn 50:15, 17 Pr 3:30; c. לְ pers. Is 3:9; do good unto, 2 acc. Is 63:7(×2); cf. also גֹּמֵל נַפְשׁוֹ אִישׁ חֶסֶד Pr 11:17. with עַל pers. deal bountifully with ψ 13:6; 116:7; 119:17; 142:8; c. acc. pers. reward 2 S 22:21 (= ψ 18:21), perhaps also לָמָּה יִגְמְלֵנִי הַגְּמוּלָה הַזֹּאת why should he reward me with this reward? 2 S 19:37. recompense, repay, requite, in a bad sense, with 2 acc. ψ 7:5; with לְ pers. Dt 32:6 ψ 137:8; with עַל pers. 2 Ch. 20:11 ψ 103:10 Jo 4:4. wean a child (complete his nursing) 1 S 1:23(×2), 24 1 K 11:20 Ho 1:8; גָּמוּל weaned child ψ 131:2(×2) Is 11:8; גְּמוּלֵי מֵחָלָב weaned from milk Is 28:9. trans. ripen, bear ripe (almonds) Nu 17:23; intrans. become ripe (grapes) Is 18:5. Impf. יִגָּמֵל 1 S 1:22; וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל Gn 21:8; Inf. הִגָּמֵל Gn 21:8;—be weaned.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּמַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1580/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.17/)

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גְּמֹ֖ל עַֽל־עַבְדְּךָ֥ אֶֽחְיֶ֗ה וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה דְבָרֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* deal.bountifully towards servant your I.will.live and I.will.keep word your

*JPS 1917:* Deal bountifully with Thy servant that I may live, and I will observe Thy word.

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[Proverbs 3:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.30/)

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אַל־תָּרִ֣יב עִם־אָדָ֣ם חִנָּ֑ם אִם־לֹ֖א גְמָלְךָ֣ רָעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* do.not contend with anyone without.cause if not he has.dealt.out.to.you evil

*JPS 1917:* Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

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