Lexical Definition

‎גָּמָא‎ gâmâʼ (gaw-maw') to swallow ^H:V
a primitive root (literally or figuratively) to absorb

swallow, drink.

• to absorb

1) to swallow (liquids)
1a) (Piel) to swallow
1b) (Hiphil) to drink

See Greek: ἀφανίζω · ποτίζω

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 Gen 24:17 let me drink a little water, pray.

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