Lexical Summary gama: to swallow (liquids) Original Word: גָּמָאTransliteration: gama Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-maw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to swallow (liquids) Meaning: to swallow (liquids) Strong's Concordance swallow, drink A primitive root (literally or figuratively) to absorb -- swallow, drink. Brown-Driver-Briggs H1572. gama [גָּמָא] verb swallow (liquids), (Late Hebrew id.; compare Aramaic גְּמַע גְּמָא,, ; 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 מְעַטמַֿיִם נָא הַגְמִיאִינִי Genesis 24:17 let me drink a little water, pray. |