גמל

Hebrew

Etymology 1
גמל במדבר יהודה ליד מצדה‎
Root
ג־מ־ל‎

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

Noun

גָּמָל • (gamál) m (plural indefinite גְּמַלִּים‎, singular construct גְּמַל־, plural construct גְּמַלֵּי־‎, feminine counterpart נָאקָה‎)

  1. camel
    • 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.
Declension
Declension of גָּמָל
NumberIsolated formsWith possessive pronouns
StateFormPersonsingularplural
m.f.m.f.
singularindefinite גָּמָל first גְּמַלִּי‎גְּמַלֵּנוּ‎
definite הַגָּמָל‎ second גְּמַלְּךָ‎גְּמַלֵּךְ‎גְּמַלְּכֶם‎גְּמַלְּכֶן‎
construct גְּמַל־ third גְּמַלּוֹ‎גְּמַלָּהּ‎גְּמַלָּם‎גְּמַלָּן‎
pluralindefinite גְּמַלִּים‎ first גמליי \ גְּמַלַּי‎גְּמַלֵּינוּ‎
definite הַגְּמַלִּים‎ second גְּמַלֶּיךָ‎גמלייך \ גְּמַלַּיִךְ‎גְּמַלֵּיכֶם‎גְּמַלֵּיכֶן‎
construct גְּמַלֵּי־‎ third גְּמַלָּיו‎גְּמַלֶּיהָ‎גְּמַלֵּיהֶם‎גְּמַלֵּיהֶן‎

Noun

גַּמָּל • (gamál) m (plural indefinite גַּמָּלִים‎, singular construct גַּמַּל־, plural construct גַּמָּלֵי־‎)

  1. camel driver

Etymology 2
Root
ג־מ־ל‎

Verb

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
Conjugation
Conjugation of גָּמַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לגמול \ לִגְמֹל‎
  • action noun: גְּמִילָה‎
  • passive participle: גָּמוּל‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first גָּמַלְתִּי‎גָּמַלְנוּ‎
second גָּמַלְתָּ‎גָּמַלְתְּ‎גְּמַלְתֶּם‎1גְּמַלְתֶּן‎1
third גָּמַלגָּמְלָה‎גָּמְלוּ‎
present גּוֹמֵל‎גּוֹמֶלֶת‎גּוֹמְלִים‎גּוֹמְלוֹת‎
future first אגמול \ אֶגְמֹל‎נגמול \ נִגְמֹל‎
second תגמול \ תִּגְמֹל‎תִּגְמְלִי‎תִּגְמְלוּ‎תגמולנה \ תִּגְמֹלְנָה‎2
third יגמול \ יִגְמֹל‎תגמול \ תִּגְמֹל‎יִגְמְלוּ‎תגמולנה \ תִּגְמֹלְנָה‎2
imperative גמול \ גְּמֹל‎גִּמְלִי‎גִּמְלוּ‎גמולנה \ גְּמֹלְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced גָּמַלְתֶּם‎ and גָּמַלְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 3
Root
ג־מ־ל‎

Verb

גָּמַל • (gamál) (pa'al construction)

  1. to recompense, repay (someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of גָּמַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לגמול \ לִגְמֹל‎
  • action noun: גְּמִילָה‎
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first גָּמַלְתִּי‎גָּמַלְנוּ‎
second גָּמַלְתָּ‎גָּמַלְתְּ‎גְּמַלְתֶּם‎1גְּמַלְתֶּן‎1
third גָּמַלגָּמְלָה‎גָּמְלוּ‎
present גּוֹמֵל‎גּוֹמֶלֶת‎גּוֹמְלִים‎גּוֹמְלוֹת‎
future first אגמול \ אֶגְמֹל‎נגמול \ נִגְמֹל‎
second תגמול \ תִּגְמֹל‎תִּגְמְלִי‎תִּגְמְלוּ‎תגמולנה \ תִּגְמֹלְנָה‎2
third יגמול \ יִגְמֹל‎תגמול \ תִּגְמֹל‎יִגְמְלוּ‎תגמולנה \ תִּגְמֹלְנָה‎2
imperative גמול \ גְּמֹל‎גִּמְלִי‎גִּמְלוּ‎גמולנה \ גְּמֹלְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced גָּמַלְתֶּם‎ and גָּמַלְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

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