1) camel 1a) as property, as beast of burden, for riding, forbidden for food
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H1581 — גָּמָל
ga.mal · camel · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 12:16 · וּגְמַלִּֽים׃He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.Genesis 24:10 · גְמַלִּ֜ים · מִגְּמַלֵּ֤יThen the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.Genesis 24:11 · הַגְּמַלִּ֛יםAs evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.Genesis 24:14 · גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָNow may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”Genesis 24:19 · לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”Genesis 24:20 · גְּמַלָּֽיו׃And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.Genesis 24:22 · הַגְּמַלִּים֙And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.Genesis 24:30 · הַגְּמַלִּ֖יםAs soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.Genesis 24:31 · לַגְּמַלִּֽים׃“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”Genesis 24:32 · הַגְּמַלִּ֑ים · לַגְּמַלִּ֔יםSo the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.Genesis 24:35 · וּגְמַלִּ֖ים“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.Genesis 24:44 · לִגְמַלֶּ֖יךָand she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.Genesis 24:46 · גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָ · הַגְּמַלִּ֖יםShe quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.Genesis 24:61 · הַגְּמַלִּ֔יםThen Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.Genesis 24:63 · גְמַלִּ֖יםEarly in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.Genesis 24:64 · הַגָּמָֽל׃And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camelGenesis 30:43 · וּגְמַלִּ֖יםThus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.Genesis 31:17 · הַגְּמַלִּֽים׃Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,Genesis 31:34 · הַגָּמָ֖לNow Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.Genesis 32:7 · וְהַגְּמַלִּ֖יםIn great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.Genesis 32:15 · גְּמַלִּ֧ים30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.Genesis 37:25 · וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֣םAnd as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.Exodus 9:3 · בַּגְּמַלִּ֔יםthen the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.Leviticus 11:4 · הַ֠גָּמָלBut of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.Deuteronomy 14:7 · הַ֠גָּמָלBut of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,Judges 6:5 · וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םFor the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.Judges 7:12 · וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.Judges 8:21 · גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.Judges 8:26 · גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.1 Samuel 15:3 · מִגָּמָ֖לNow go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”1 Samuel 27:9 · וּגְמַלִּים֙Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,1 Samuel 30:17 · הַגְּמַלִּ֖יםAnd David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.1 Kings 10:2 · גְּ֠מַלִּיםShe arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.2 Kings 8:9 · גָּמָ֑לSo Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”1 Chronicles 5:21 · גְּֽמַלֵּיהֶ֞םThey seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives,1 Chronicles 12:40 · וּבַגְּמַלִּ֣יםAnd their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.1 Chronicles 27:30 · הַ֨גְּמַלִּ֔יםObil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.2 Chronicles 9:1 · וּ֠גְמַלִּיםNow when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.2 Chronicles 14:15 · וּגְמַלִּ֔יםThey also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.Ezra 2:67 · גְּמַ֨לֵּיהֶ֔ם435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.Nehemiah 7:69 · גְּמַלִּ֕ים435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.Job 1:3 · גְמַלִּ֗יםand he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.Job 1:17 · הַגְּמַלִּים֙While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”Job 42:12 · גְּמַלִּ֔יםSo the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.Isaiah 21:7 · גָּמָ֑לWhen he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”Isaiah 30:6 · גְּמַלִּים֙This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.Isaiah 60:6 · גְּמַלִּ֜יםCaravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.Jeremiah 49:29 · וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םThey will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’Jeremiah 49:32 · גְמַלֵּיהֶ֜םTheir camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.Zechariah 14:15 · הַגָּמָ֣לAnd a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.