Word Study · Strong's H1572 · Hebrew

גָּמָא

gama

gaw-maw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: gâmâʼ

“to absorb”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to absorb

Rendered in the KJV as

swallow, drink.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

הַגְמִיאִ֥ינִי1
יְגַמֶּא־1

How it is rendered · 2

give to drink me1
it swallows1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVhv2fs/Sp1bs · 1
HVpi3ms · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis1 of 2 · 50%
Job1 of 2 · 50%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 24:17הַגְמִיאִ֥ינִיhagmiiniverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”here: give to drink me

Job1 occurrence

Job 39:24יְגַמֶּא־yegame'-verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularTrembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.here: it swallows

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