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title: גָּמָל — camel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּמָל (1581), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 54 times: camel. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּמָל

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«גָּמָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **camel** — 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:** 54 times · **Key:** 1581 · **BDB:** גָּמָל

### Glosses

camels (40); camel (4); of.camels (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

camel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1581/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1581/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 24:10 + 9 times, f. \& m. Gn 32:16 (cf. infr.), camel (NH id. Arabic جَمَلٌ (جَمْلٌ), Ethiopic ገመል Assyrian gammalu COTGloss Aramaic גַּמְלָא, ܓܰܡܠܴܐ; Palm. Tariff pl. גמלין ReckendorfZMG 1888, 401; √גמל but meaning of √ dub.; BoHieroz i. 73 der. from גמל requite, so LagBN 20, 49 (camel as μνησίκακος); v. also conject. in MV, Dl in HptF 70 HptBAS i 171; A. v. KremerSemit. Culturentlehn., 2 HomNS 144 ff.)—abs. גָּמָל Gn 24:64 + 7 times; pl. גְּמַלְּים Gn 12:16 + 30 times; cstr. גְּמַלֵּי Gn 24:10; sf. גְּמַלֶּיךָ Gn 24:14 + 3 times; גְּמַלָּיו Gn 24:20; גְּמַלֵּיהֶם Gn 37:25 + 6 times;—camel, as property (in Hex only J) Gn 12:16 (‖ אתנות) 24:10, 35 (‖ חמורים etc.) 30:43 (‖ id.) 32:8 (‖ צאן, בקר) Ex 9:3 (Egyptian ‖ סוסים, חמורים, בקר, צאן, etc.) Ju 6:5; 7:12 1 S 15:3 (‖ חמור etc.) 27:9 1 Ch 5:21; 27:30 (all ‖ id.) 2 Ch 14:14 (‖ צאן) Ezr 2:67 (‖ סוסים, פרדים, חמורים) = Ne 7:68 Jb 1:3 (‖ צאן, בקר, אתנות) cf. v 17 42:12 (‖ id.) Je 49:29 (‖ צאן) v 32 Zc 14:15 (‖ סוס, חמור, פרד) \[4 times ‖ סוס and other words, Ex 9:3 (Egyptians), Zc 14:15 (enemies of Israel), Ezr 2:67 = Ne 7:68 (returned exiles)\]. as beasts of burden Gn 24:10 cf. v 11, 14, 19, 20, 22, 30, 31, 32(×2), 44, 46(×2) 37:25 (all J), 1 K 10:2 2 K 8:9 1 Ch 12:41 2 Ch 9:1 Is 30:6 (עַל־דַּבֶּשֶׁת ג׳), Is 60:6 (‖ בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן). for riding Gn 24:61, 63, 64 (all J), 31:17, 34 (both E) 1 S 30:17, cf. also Ju 8:21, 26, and particularly Is 21:7 רֶכֶב גמל; a riding-company of camels i.e. a troop of camels with riders; נְוֵה גמלים an abode for camels, in prediction against Ammon Ez 25:5, (‖ מִרְבַּץ צאן). forbidden as food Lv 11:4 (P) Dt 14:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 50 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּמָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1581/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 7:68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.68/)

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גְּמַלִּ֕ים אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑הס חֲמֹרִ֕ים שֵׁ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וְעֶשְׂרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* camels four hundred(s) thirty and five donkeys six thousand(s) seven hundred(s) and twenty

*JPS 1917:* Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;

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[1 Chronicles 27:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.27.30/)

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וְעַל־הַ֨גְּמַלִּ֔ים אוֹבִ֖יל הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִ֑י וְעַל־הָ֣אֲתֹנ֔וֹת יֶחְדְּיָ֖הוּ הַמֵּרֹנֹתִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* and.\[was\] over the camels Obil the Ishmaelite and.\[was\] over the she-asses Jehdeiah the Meronothite

*JPS 1917:* and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite;

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