1572. gama
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gama: to swallow (liquids)
Original Word: גָּמָא
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: gama
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-maw')
Short Definition: drink

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to swallow (liquids)
NASB Translation
drink (1), races (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[גָּמָא] verb swallow (liquids), (Late Hebrew id.; compare Aramaic גְּמָא, גְּמַע, ; perhaps compare also Ethiopic jar, vessel see Di) —

Pi`el Imperfect יְגַמֶּאאֶֿרֶץ Job 39:24 figurative of horse in swift gallop; (this, however, possibly denominative from גּוּמָּא Late Hebrew, Aramaic גּוּמְּתָא, pit, hollow, i.e. he makes [paws or stamps] hollows in the earth).

Hiph`il Imperative feminine singular suffix הַגְמִיאִינִי נָא מְעַטמַֿיִם Genesis 24:17 let me drink a little water, pray.



Strong's
swallow, drink

A primitive root (literally or figuratively) to absorb -- swallow, drink.

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