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H1572 גָּמָא (gâmâʼ) gaw-maw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root (literally or figuratively) to absorb

KJV Usage: swallow, drink

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גָּמָא (ga.ma) — to swallow. 1) to swallow (liquids) 1a) (Piel) to swallow 1b) (Hiphil) to drink

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Ingest | verb pi

to swallow = action by which someone consumes something, by eating or drinking

JOB 39:24

Ingest | verb hif

to give to drink = action by which someone causes someone else to consume something, by eating or drinking

GEN 24:17

Matthew P. Anstey; Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[גָּמָא] vb. swallow (liquids) Pi. fig. of horse in swift gallop

Hiph. let me drink a little water, pray

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