STRONGS H1581:
Abbreviations
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גָּמָל noun masculine Genesis 24:10 +
9 times,
feminine &
masculine Genesis 32:16 [
Genesis 32:15] (compare below),
camel (Late Hebrew
id. Arabic
جَمَلً (
جَمْلً), Ethiopic
ግመል፡ Assyrian
gammalu COT
Gloss Aramaic
גַּמְלָא,
Hmfg; Palmyrene Tariff plural
גמלין Reckend
ZMG 1888, 401; √
גמל but meaning of √ dubious; Bo
Hieroz i. 73 derives from
גמל requite, so Lag
BN 20, 49 (camel as
μνησίκακος); see also conjectures in MV, Dl in Hpt
F. 70 Hpt
BAS i. 171; A. see Kremer
Semit. Culturentlehn., 2, Hom
NS 144 ff.) — absolute
גָּמָל Genesis 24:64 +
7 times; plural
גְּמַלִּים Genesis 12:16 +
30 times; construct
גְּמַלֵּי Genesis 24:10;
suffix גְּמַלָּיךָ Genesis 24:14 +
3 times;
גְּמַלָּיו Genesis 24:20;
גְּמַלֵּיהֶם Genesis 37:25 +
6 times; —
camel,
1. as property (in Hexateuch only J) Genesis 12:16 (|| אתנות) Genesis 24:10, 35 (|| חמורים etc.) Genesis 30:43 (|| id.) Genesis 32:8 [Genesis 32:7] (|| צאן, בקר) Exodus 9:3 (Egyptian || סוסים, חמורים, בקר, צאן, etc.) Judges 6:5; Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 15:3 (|| חמור etc.) 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Chronicles 5:21; 1 Chronicles 27:30 (all || id.) 2 Chron 14:14 (|| צאן) Ezra 2:67 (|| סוסים, פרדים, חמורים) = Nehemiah 7:68; Job 1:3 (|| צאן, בקר, אתנות) compare Job 1:17; Job 42:12 (|| id.) Jeremiah 49:29 (|| צאן) Jeremiah 49:32; Zechariah 14:15 (|| סוס, חמור, פרד) [4 times || סוס and other words, Exodus 9:3 (Egyptians), Zechariah 14:15 (enemies of Israel), Ezra 2:67 = Nehemiah 7:68 (returned exiles)].
2. as beasts of burden Genesis 24:10 compare Genesis 24:11; Genesis 24:14; Genesis 24:19; Genesis 24:20; Genesis 24:22; Genesis 24:30; Genesis 24:31; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 24:44; Genesis 24:46; Genesis 24:46; Genesis 37:25 (all J), 1 Kings 10:2; 2 Kings 8:9; 1 Chronicles 12:41; 2 Chronicles 9:1; Isaiah 30:6 (עַל־דַּבֶּשֶׁת ג׳), Isaiah 60:6 (|| בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן).
3. for riding Genesis 24:61, 63, 64 (all J), Genesis 31:17, 34 (both E) 1 Samuel 30:17, compare also Judges 8:21, 26 and particularly Isaiah 21:7 רֶכֶב גמל; a riding-company of camels i.e. a troop of camels with riders; נְרֵה גמלים an abode of camels,in prediction against Ammon Ezekiel 25:5, (|| מִרְבַּץ צאן).
4. forbidden as food Leviticus 11:4 (P) Deuteronomy 14:7.
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Genesis
12:16; 12:16; 24:10; 24:10; 24:10; 24:10; 24:11; 24:14; 24:14; 24:19; 24:20; 24:20; 24:22; 24:30; 24:31; 24:32; 24:32; 24:35; 24:44; 24:46; 24:46; 24:61; 24:63; 24:64; 24:64; 30:43; 31:17; 31:34; 32:7; 32:15; 37:25; 37:25
Exodus
9:3; 9:3
Leviticus
11:4
Deuteronomy
14:7
Judges
6:5; 7:12; 8:21; 8:26
1 Samuel
15:3; 27:9; 30:17
1 Kings
10:2
2 Kings
8:9
1 Chronicles
5:21; 27:30
2 Chronicles
9:1; 14:14
Ezra
2:67; 2:67
Nehemiah
7:68; 7:68
Job
1:3; 1:17; 42:12
Isaiah
21:7; 30:6; 60:6
Jeremiah
49:29; 49:32
Ezekiel
25:5
Zechariah
14:15; 14:15