BDB1685

גָּמָל noun masculine Gen 24:10 + 9 t., feminine & masculine Gen 32:16 (compare below), camel (Late Hebrew id. Arabic , Ethiopic Assyrian gammalu COT^Gloss Aramaic גַּמְלָא, ; 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 Gen 24:64 + 7 t.; plural גְּמַלִּים Gen 12:16 + 30 t.; construct גְּמַלֵּי Gen 24:10 suffix גְּמַלָּיךָ Gen 24:14 + 3 t.; גְּמַלָּיו Gen 24:20 גְּמַלֵּיהֶם Gen 37:25 + 6 t.; — camel,

1. as property (in Hexateuch only J) Gen 12:16 (|| אתנות) Gen 24:10; Gen 24:35 (|| חמורים etc.) Gen 30:43 (|| id.) Gen 32:8 (|| צאן, בקר) Exod 9:3 (Egyptian || סוסים, חמורים, בקר, צאן, etc.) Judg 6:5; Judg 7:12; 1Sam 15:3 (|| חמור etc.) 1Sam 27:9; 1Chr 5:21; 1Chr 27:30 (all || id.) 2Chr 14:14 (|| צאן) Ezra 2:67 (|| סוסים, פרדים, חמורים) = Neh 7:68; Job 1:3 (|| צאן, בקר, אתנות) compare vJob 1:17; Job 42:12 (|| id.) Jer 49:29 (|| צאן) vJer 49:32; Zech 14:15 (|| סוס, חמור, פרד) [4 t. || סוס and other words, Exod 9:3 (Egyptians), Zech 14:15 (enemies of Israel), Ezra 2:67 = Neh 7:68 (returned exiles)].

2. as beasts of burden Gen 24:10 compare vGen 24:11 vGen 24:14 vGen 24:19 vGen 24:20 vGen 24:22 vGen 24:30 vGen 24:31 vGen 24:32 vGen 24:32 vGen 24:44 vGen 24:46 vGen 24:46; Gen 37:25 (all J), 1Kgs 10:2; 2Kgs 8:9; 1Chr 12:41; 2Chr 9:1; Isa 30:6 (׳עַלדַּֿבֶּשֶׁת ג), Isa 60:6 (|| בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן).

3. for riding Gen 24:61; Gen 24:63; Gen 24:64 (all J), Gen 31:17; Gen 31:34 (both E) 1Sam 30:17, compare also Judg 8:21; Judg 8:26 and particularly Isa 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 Ezek 25:5, (|| מִרְבַּץ צאן).

4. forbidden as food Lev 11:4 (P) Deut 14:7.

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