Lexical Definition

‎גָּמַל‎ gâmal (gaw-mal') to wean ^H:V
a primitive root

bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, [phrase] serve, mean, yield.

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

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גָּמַל‎

verb 1. deal fully or adequately with, deal out to.

2. wean.

3. ripen (Assyrian gamâlu, deal with, benefit, e.g. VR 2Chr 35:19 Late Hebrew ‎גָּמַל‎, Aramaic ‎גְּמַל‎; see Palmyrene proper name ‎אגמלא‎ Vog^{No. 124}, Nabataean proper name, feminine ‎גמלת‎ Vog^{Nab. below No. 7}; perhaps originally complete, accomplish, cognate ‎גמר‎; — Arabic is collect, be beautiful, goodly) —

Qal Perfect Ps 13:6* +; Imperfect ‎יִגְמֹל‎ Num 17:23* +; Imperative ‎גְּמֹל‎ Ps 119:17 Infinitive ‎גָּמְלֵךְ‎, ‎גָּמְלָהּ‎ 1Sam 1:23 Participle ‎גֹּמֵל‎ Prov 11:17 +; passive ‎גָּמוּל‎ Isa 11:8 ‎גָּמֻל‎ Ps 131:2 (twice in verse); —

1. a. deal out to, do to, with 2 accusative ‎גְּמָלַתְהוּ טוֺב וְלֹא רָע‎ she doeth him good and not evil Prov 31:12 ‎כִּי אַתָּה גְּמַלְתַּנִי הַטּוֺבָה‎ ‎וַאֲנִי גְּמַלְתִּיךָ הָֽרָעָה‎ for thou hast done unto me the good but I have done unto thee the evil 1Sam 24:18* do evil ‎(ה)רע‎ unto Gen 50:15; Gen 50:17; Prov 3:30 with ‎לְ‎ person Isa 3:9 do good unto, 2 accusative Isa 63:7 (twice in verse); compare also ‎גֹּמֵל נַפְשׁוֺ אִישׁ חֶסֶד‎ Prov 11:17.
b. with ‎עַל‎ person deal bountifully with Ps 13:6*; Ps 116:7; Ps 119:17; Ps 142:8* with accusative of person reward 2Sam 22:21 (= Ps 18:21*), perhaps also ‎לָמָּה יִגְמְלֵנִי הַגְּמוּלָה הַזּאֹת‎ why should he reward me with this reward? 2Sam 19:37*.
c. recompense, repay, requite, in a bad sense, with 2 accusative Ps 7:5* with ‎לְ‎ person Deut 32:6; Ps 137:8 with ‎עַל‎ person 2Chr 20:11; Ps 103:10; Joel 4:4*.

2. wean a child (complete his nursing) 1Sam 1:23 (twice in verse); 1Sam 1:24; 1Kgs 11:20; Hos 1:8 ‎גָּמוּל‎ weaned child Ps 131:2 (twice in verse); Isa 11:8 ‎גְּמוּלֵי מֵחָלָב‎ weaned from milk Isa 28:9.

3. transitive ripen, bear ripe (almonds) Num 17:23* intransitive become ripe (grapes) Isa 18:5. Niph`al Imperfect ‎יִגָּמֵל‎ 1Sam 1:22 ‎וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל‎ Gen 21:8 Infinitive ‎הִגָּמֵל‎ Gen 21:8 — be weaned.

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