What does גָּמָל (gāmāl) mean in the Bible?
גָּמָל (gāmāl) is a Hebrew word meaning "a camel".
Hebrew · H1581
גָּמָל
A camel
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גָּמָל H1581
Pronunciation gāmāl
What does גָּמָל (gāmāl) mean in the Bible?
גָּמָל (gāmāl) is a Hebrew word meaning "a camel".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1581?
The BSB source-word alignment has 54 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include camels (15), the camels (7), and camels (4), . . . (2), and their camels (2).
Where does גָּמָל (gāmāl) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 12:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (25), Judges (4), 1 Chronicles (3), 1 Samuel (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It camels 15× Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 31:17, Genesis 32:15
the camels 7× Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:46, Genesis 24:61
and camels 4× Genesis 12:16, Genesis 30:43, Genesis 32:7, 2 Chronicles 14:15
. . . 2× Genesis 24:10, 2 Kings 8:9
and their camels 2× Judges 6:5, Judges 7:12
for your camels 2× Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:44
of camels 2× Isaiah 30:6, Isaiah 60:6
of their camels 2× Judges 8:21, Judges 8:26
The camel 2× Leviticus 11:4, Deuteronomy 14:7
Their camels 2× Genesis 37:25, Jeremiah 49:32
with camels 2× 1 Kings 10:2, 2 Chronicles 9:1
your camels 2× Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:46
and the camels 1× Genesis 24:32
for camels 1× Ezekiel 25:5
for the camels 1× Genesis 24:31
he made the camels 1× Genesis 24:11
her camel 1× Genesis 24:64
his camels 1× Genesis 24:20
of her camel 1× Genesis 31:34
on camels 1× Isaiah 21:7
their camels for themselves 1× Jeremiah 49:29
to the camels 1× Genesis 24:32
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 12:16 וּגְמַלִּֽים׃ to and camels Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Genesis 24:10 גְמַלִּ֜ים to camels Noun - masculine plural Genesis 24:10 מִגְּמַלֵּ֤י to . . . Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Genesis 24:11 הַגְּמַלִּ֛ים to he made the camels Article | Noun - masculine plural Genesis 24:14 גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָ to your camels Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Genesis 24:19 לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙ to for your camels Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Genesis 24:20 גְּמַלָּֽיו׃ to his camels Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Genesis 24:22 הַגְּמַלִּים֙ to the camels Article | Noun - masculine plural Genesis 24:30 הַגְּמַלִּ֖ים to the camels Article | Noun - masculine plural Genesis 24:31 לַגְּמַלִּֽים׃ to for the camels Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 12:16
Aligned rows 54
Books represented 17
Genesis 25 Exodus 1 Leviticus 1 Deuteronomy 1 Judges 4 1 Samuel 3 1 Kings 1 2 Kings 1 1 Chronicles 3 2 Chronicles 2 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 1 Job 3 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 2 Ezekiel 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
הַגְּמַלִּ֖ים 3x hag·gə·mal·lîm Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:46, 1 Samuel 30:17
גָּמָ֑ל 2x gā·māl 2 Kings 8:9, Isaiah 21:7
גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃ 2x ḡə·mal·lê·hem Judges 8:21, Judges 8:26
גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָ 2x gə·mal·le·ḵā Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:46
הַ֠גָּמָל 2x hag·gā·māl Leviticus 11:4, Deuteronomy 14:7
הַגְּמַלִּים֙ 2x hag·gə·mal·lîm Genesis 24:22, Job 1:17
וּגְמַלִּ֖ים 2x ū·ḡə·mal·lîm Genesis 24:35, Genesis 30:43
בַּגְּמַלִּ֔ים 1x bag·gə·mal·lîm Exodus 9:3
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine plural 10x Genesis 24:11, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:32
Noun - masculine plural 9x Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:63, 1 Kings 10:2, Nehemiah 7:69
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural 6x Genesis 12:16, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 30:43, 1 Samuel 27:9
Article | Noun - masculine singular 5x Genesis 24:64, Genesis 31:34, Leviticus 11:4, Deuteronomy 14:7
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural 5x Judges 8:21, Judges 8:26, 1 Chronicles 5:21, Ezra 2:67
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural 2x Genesis 37:25, Jeremiah 49:29
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural 2x Judges 6:5, Judges 7:12
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular 2x Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:46
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a camel
Source Gloss
a camel
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a camel BDB: camel Usage: camel.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain