גָּמַלgâmal
gamâlu, deal with, benefit
Pronunciation: gaw-mal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1580
Meanings
1. deal fully or adequately with, deal out to
2. wean
3. ripen
Qal
1.
a. deal out to, do to (Proverbs 31:12; 1 Samuel 24:18; Genesis 50:15)
b. deal bountifully with, with עַל person (Psalms 13:6; Psalms 116:7; Psalms 119:17)
c. recompense, repay, requite, in a bad sense (Psalms 7:5; Deuteronomy 32:6; Psalms 137:8)
2. wean a child, (complete his nursing) (1 Samuel 1:23; 1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Kings 11:20)
3. ripen, bear ripe, transitive (Numbers 17:23; Isaiah 18:5)
Niph`al: be weaned. (1 Samuel 1:22; Genesis 21:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 37 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 21:8 When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion.
- Genesis 50:15 But now that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers became fearful. “Now Joseph will show his anger and pay us back for all the wrong we did to him,” they said.
- Genesis 50:17 to say to you: ‘Please forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you—for their sin in treating you so cruelly.’ So we, the servants of the God of your father, beg you to forgive our sin.” When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept.
- Numbers 17:8 When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron’s staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!
- Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father who created you? Has he not made you and established you?
- 1 Samuel 1:22 But Hannah did not go. She told her husband, “Wait until the boy is weaned. Then I will take him to the Tabernacle and leave him there with the Lord permanently.”
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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).