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Hosea 1:8

“Now when she had weaned Lo–ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

גָּמַלgâmal · gaw-mal'
H1580 · Hebrew

Definition: to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, [phrase] serve, mean, yield.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
תִּגְמֹ֖ל — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3fs
Usage: Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 21:8 Genesis 21:8 Genesis 50:15 Genesis 50:17 Numbers 17:23

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 גָּמַל here.

Verse 7 Verse 9

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.