Lexical Definition

‎גָּמַר‎ gâmar (gaw-mar') to cease ^H:V
a primitive root

cease, come to an end, fail, perfect, perform.

• to end (in the sense of completion or failure)

1) to end, come to an end, complete, cease
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to come to an end, be no more
1a2) to bring to an end, complete
2) (TWOT) to fail, perfect, perform

See Greek: ἐκλείπω · εὐεργετέω · συντελέω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ge.mar (‎ג‎ְּ‎מ‎ַ‎ר‎ "to complete" גְּמַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גָּמַר‎ verb end, come to an end, complete (only Psalms) (Late Hebrew id. complete; Assyrian gamâru Lotz^TP.Register & derivatives COT^Gloss and others; Aramaic ‎גְּמַר‎, ; Ethiopic (II); compare also Arabic collect, assemble) —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎גּ‎ Ps 12:2*; Ps 77:9* Imperfect ‎יִגְמֹר‎ Ps 138:8 ‎יִגְמָרֿ‎ Ps 7:10* Participle ‎גֹּמֵר‎ Ps 57:3* —

1. come to an end, be no more Ps 7:10*; Ps 12:2* (|| [‎פָּסַס‎]); Ps 77:9* (|| ‎אָפֵס‎).

2. transitivebring to an end, complete, ‎אֵל גֹּמֵר עָלָ֑י‎ Ps 57:3* God that completeth, accomplisheth, for me (ᵐ5 Gr Bi ‎גמל‎, & so Che doubtfully), ‎יִגְמֹר בַּעֲדִי‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 138:8 .

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