גָּמָאgâmâʼ

swallow

Pronunciation: gaw-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1572

Meanings

Pi`el: pit, hollow, he makes [paws (Job 39:24)

Hiph`il: feminine singular suffix, let me drink a little water, pray. (Genesis 24:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 24:17 Running over to her, the servant said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.”
  • Job 39:24 It paws the ground fiercely and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).