gimel

[ gim-uhl ]

/ ˈgɪm əl /

noun

the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

the consonant sound represented by this letter.

Music. gymel.

Origin of gimel

<Hebrew gīmel, akin to gāmāl camel

Words nearby gimel

Gilyak, gimbals, Gimbel, gimcrack, gimcrackery, gimel, gimlet, gimlet eye, gimmal, gimme, gimme cap

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Example sentences from the Web for gimel

In Greek and Hebrew the third letter (gimel, gamma) had the power of the flat mute g, as in gun.
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
Their beth was a house in the tent form; their gimel a camel, represented by its head and neck; their daleth a door, and so on.
History of Phoenicia|George Rawlinson
Count Gimel, of whom I shall hereafter have occasion to speak more at length, set out about this time for Carlsbad.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
It was the love-bairn of a dead mother, brought up in the kindly Highland fashion, free of every gimel and kail-pot.
John Splendid|Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for gimel

gimel

/ (ˈɡɪməl, Hebrew ˈɡiːmɛl) /

noun

the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ג) transliterated as g or, when final, gh

Word Origin for gimel

literally: camel

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单词	gimel
释义	gimel [ gim-uhl ] / ˈgɪm əl / noun the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet. the consonant sound represented by this letter. Music. gymel. Origin of gimel <Hebrew gīmel, akin to gāmāl camel Words nearby gimel Gilyak, gimbals, Gimbel, gimcrack, gimcrackery, gimel, gimlet, gimlet eye, gimmal, gimme, gimme cap Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gimel In Greek and Hebrew the third letter (gimel, gamma) had the power of the flat mute g, as in gun. The English Language\|Robert Gordon Latham Their beth was a house in the tent form; their gimel a camel, represented by its head and neck; their daleth a door, and so on. History of Phoenicia\|George Rawlinson Count Gimel, of whom I shall hereafter have occasion to speak more at length, set out about this time for Carlsbad. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete\|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne It was the love-bairn of a dead mother, brought up in the kindly Highland fashion, free of every gimel and kail-pot. John Splendid\|Neil Munro British Dictionary definitions for gimel gimel / (ˈɡɪməl, Hebrew ˈɡiːmɛl) / noun the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ג) transliterated as g or, when final, gh Word Origin for gimel literally: camel Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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