Word Study · Strong's H1581 · Hebrew
גָּמָל
gamal
gaw-mawl'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gâmâl
“a camel”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a camel
Rendered in the KJV as
camel.
- 54occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 17 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 46inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 54 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 46
- הַגְּמַלִּ֖ים3
- גָּמָ֑ל2
- גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃2
- גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָ2
- הַ֠גָּמָל2
- הַגְּמַלִּים֙2
- וּגְמַלִּ֖ים2
- בַּגְּמַלִּ֔ים1
- גְמַלֵּיהֶ֜ם1
- גְּֽמַלֵּיהֶ֞ם1
- גְּמַ֨לֵּיהֶ֔ם1
- גְּמַלָּֽיו׃1
and 34 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 20
- camels10
- the camels10
- and camels6
- camels their5
- the camel5
- and camels their2
- camels your2
- for camels your2
- a camel1
- and [belonged] to camels their1
- and on the camels1
- and the camels1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 16
- noun · masculine or feminine plural10
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine plural10
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine plural6
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular5
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- noun · masculine or feminine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcbpa · 10
- HTd/Ncbpa · 10
- HC/Ncbpa · 6
- HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 5
- HTd/Ncbsa · 5
- HRd/Ncbpa · 3
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp · 2
- HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp3mp · 2
- HNcbsa · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp2ms · 2
- HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms · 2
- HC/Rd/Ncbpa · 1
All 54, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis25 occurrences
- Genesis 12:16וּגְמַלִּֽים׃ugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralHe treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.here: and camels
- Genesis 24:10גְמַלִּ֜יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluralThen the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.here: camels
- Genesis 24:10מִגְּמַלֵּ֤יmigemaleipreposition + noun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.here: from [the] camels of
- Genesis 24:11הַגְּמַלִּ֛יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralAs evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.here: the camels
- Genesis 24:14גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָgemaleikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularNow may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”here: camels your
- Genesis 24:19לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙ligmaleikhapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAfter she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”here: for camels your
- Genesis 24:20גְּמַלָּֽיו׃gemalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.here: camels his
- Genesis 24:22הַגְּמַלִּים֙hagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralAnd after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.here: the camels
- Genesis 24:30הַגְּמַלִּ֖יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralAs soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.here: the camels
- Genesis 24:31לַגְּמַלִּֽים׃lagemalimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine plural“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”here: for the camels
- Genesis 24:32הַגְּמַלִּ֑יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralSo the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.here: the camels
- Genesis 24:32לַגְּמַלִּ֔יםlagemalimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine pluralSo the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.here: to the camels
- Genesis 24:35וּגְמַלִּ֖יםugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine plural“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.here: and camels
- Genesis 24:44לִגְמַלֶּ֖יךָligmaleikhapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularand she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.here: for camels your
- Genesis 24:46גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָgemaleikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularShe quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.here: camels your
- Genesis 24:46הַגְּמַלִּ֖יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralShe quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.here: the camels
- Genesis 24:61הַגְּמַלִּ֔יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralThen Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.here: the camels
- Genesis 24:63גְמַלִּ֖יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluralEarly in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.here: camels
- Genesis 24:64הַגָּמָֽל׃hagamalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularAnd when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camelhere: the camel
- Genesis 30:43וּגְמַלִּ֖יםugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralThus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.here: and camels
- Genesis 31:17הַגְּמַלִּֽים׃hagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralThen Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,here: the camels
- Genesis 31:34הַגָּמָ֖לhagamalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularNow Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.here: the camel
- Genesis 32:7וְהַגְּמַלִּ֖יםvehaggemalimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralIn great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.here: and the camels
- Genesis 32:15גְּמַלִּ֧יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine plural30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.here: camels
- Genesis 37:25וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֣םugemaleihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAnd as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.here: and camels their
Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 6:5וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םveligmaleihemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralFor the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.here: and to camels their
- Judges 7:12וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙veligmaleihemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralNow the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.here: and [belonged] to camels their
- Judges 8:21גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃gemaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThen Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.here: camels their
- Judges 8:26גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃gemaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.here: camels their
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 15:3מִגָּמָ֖לmigamalpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularNow go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”here: from a camel
- 1 Samuel 27:9וּגְמַלִּים֙ugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralWhenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,here: and camels
- 1 Samuel 30:17הַגְּמַלִּ֖יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralAnd David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.here: the camels
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 5:21גְּֽמַלֵּיהֶ֞םgemaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives,here: camels their
- 1 Chronicles 12:40וּבַגְּמַלִּ֣יםuvaggemalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine pluralAnd their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.here: and on the camels
- 1 Chronicles 27:30הַ֨גְּמַלִּ֔יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralObil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.here: the camels
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 9:1וּ֠גְמַלִּיםugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralNow when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.here: and camels
- 2 Chronicles 14:15וּגְמַלִּ֔יםugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralThey also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.here: and camels
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Job3 occurrences
- Job 1:3גְמַלִּ֗יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraland he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.here: camels
- Job 1:17הַגְּמַלִּים֙hagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluralWhile he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”here: the camels
- Job 42:12גְּמַלִּ֔יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluralSo the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.here: camels
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 21:7גָּמָ֑לgamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularWhen he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”here: a camel
- Isaiah 30:6גְּמַלִּים֙gemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluralThis is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.here: camels
- Isaiah 60:6גְּמַלִּ֜יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluralCaravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.here: camels
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 49:29וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םugemaleihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’here: and camels their
- Jeremiah 49:32גְמַלֵּיהֶ֜םgemaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTheir camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.here: camels their
