גָּמָא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1572

swallow — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

swallow tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גָּמָא: vb. swallow tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: give (1); it swallows (1).

In the verses

Job 39:24 · tree →

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.

Genesis 24:17 · tree →

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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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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