Lexicon gama: to swallow (liquids) Original Word: גָּמָאPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gama Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-maw') Short Definition: drink NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto swallow (liquids) NASB Translationdrink (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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