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).