Every letter of the Hebrew Alefbet has a meaning and is represented concretely and pictographically in its ancient form.
Gimel גּמל
- Hebrew Letters: gimel-mem-lamed
- Strong’s Number: H1580
- Meaning: “To yield or produce”
- Explanation: The ripening of a crop or the weaning of a child as now able to yield work and be productive. Also refers to the yielding of good or evil as a reward.
- Commonly Translated Words: wean (10x), reward (8x), dealt bountifully (4x), do (4x), bestowed (2x), recompense (2x), weaned child (2x), do good (1x), requite (1x), ripening (1x), served (1x), yielded (1x)
- Select Bible Verses: Genesis 21:8, Genesis 50:15, Numbers 17:8 (17:23), Deuteronomy 32:6, Mark 4:29, Psalms 119:17-24
Genesis 21:8
21:8 The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis 50:15
50:15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will oppose us, and will certainly return to us all the evil which we did to him.”
Numbers 17:8 (17:23)
17:8 On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Witness; and behold, Aaron’s branch for the house of Levi had burst into bloom! It sprouted buds, and the blossom bloomed, and yielded almonds.
Deuteronomy 32:6
32:6 Is this the way you repay YHWH, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
Mark 4:29
4:29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.
Psalms 119:17-24
Psalm 119 is one of several acrostic poems found in the Bible. Its 176 verses are divided into 22 stanzas, one for each of the 22 characters that make up the Hebrew alphabet. In the Hebrew text, each of the eight verses of each stanza begins with the same Hebrew letter.
גְּמֹל עַל־עַבְדְּךָ אֶחְיֶה וְאֶשְׁמְרָה דְבָרֶךָ׃
119:17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
גַּל־עֵינַי וְאַבִּיטָה נִפְלָאוֹת מִתּוֹרָתֶךָ
119:18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
גֵּר אָנֹכִי בָאָרֶץ אַל־תַּסְתֵּר מִמֶּנִּי מִצְוׂתֶיךָ׃
119:19 I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.
גָּרְסָה נַפְשִׁי לְתַאֲבָה אֶל־מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ בְכָל־עֵת׃
119:20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
גָּעַרְתָּ זֵדִים אֲרוּרִים הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוׂתֶיךָ׃
119:21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
גַּל מֵעָלַי חֶרְפָּה וָבוּז כִּי עֵדֹתֶיךָ נָצָרְתִּי׃
119:22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
גַּם יָשְׁבוּ שָׂרִים בִּי נִדְבָּרוּ עַבְדְּךָ יָשִׂיחַ בְּחֻקֶּיךָ׃
119:23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes
גַּם־עֵדֹתֶיךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָי אַנְשֵׁי עֲצָתִי׃
119:24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.