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H1580 גָּמַל (gâmal) gaw-mal'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean

KJV Usage: bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, + serve, mean, yield

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גָּמַל (ga.mal) — to wean. 1) to deal fully with, recompense 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to deal out to, do to 1a2) to deal bountifully with 1a3) to recompense, repay, requite 2) (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned 3) (Qal) to ripen, bear ripe (almonds)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · גְּמוּל · גְּמוּלָה · תַּגְמוּל · גָּמוּל · גְּמַלִּי · גַּמְלִיאֵל

Complete | verb qal, verb nif

to wean = causative process by which a mother causes her baby to become accustomed to food other than its mother's milk

GEN 21:8 · GEN 21:8 · 1SA 1:22 · 1SA 1:23 · 1SA 1:23 · 1SA 1:24 · 1KI 11:20 · HOS 1:8

People | verb qal sg | ≈ ינק · עַתִּיק מִשָּׁדַיִם

weaned child = an infant who has recently become accustomed to food other than its mother's milk; ≈ associated with inner peace and satisfaction as a weaned child does not continually search for its mother's breast anymore

PSA 131:2 · PSA 131:2 · ISA 11:8 · ISA 28:9

verb · גַּמְלִיאֵל

Happen | verb qal

to pay back, to repay, to reward = action by which humans or deities act towards a person in a way that has consequences and can result either in retribution or a reward

GEN 50:15 · GEN 50:17 · DEU 32:6 · 1SA 24:18 · 1SA 24:18 · 2SA 19:37 · 2SA 22:21 · 2CH 20:11 · PSA 7:5 · PSA 13:6 · PSA 18:21 · PSA 103:10 · PSA 116:7 · PSA 119:17 · PSA 137:8 · PSA 142:8 · PRO 3:30 · PRO 11:17 · PRO 31:12 · ISA 3:9 · ISA 63:7 · ISA 63:7 · JOL 4:4

verb

Stage | verb qal

to ripen = process by which an agricultural product becomes ready for harvesting and eating

NUM 17:23 · ISA 18:5

Matthew P. Anstey

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּמַל vb. 1. deal fully or adequately with, deal out to. 2. wean. 3. ripen Qal

deal out to, do to

deal bountifully with

recompense, repay, requite

wean a child (complete his nursing)

trans. ripen, bear ripe (almonds)

Niph. be weaned

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