Original Language Studio
Genesis 32:16
“And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1581 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a camel
- Derivation
- apparently from H1580 (גָּמַל) (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing);
- KJV renderings
- camel.
- Grammar
- גְּמַלִּ֧ים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 54 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:16Genesis 24:10Genesis 24:10Genesis 24:11Genesis 24:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גָּמָל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.