To swallow
גָּמָאStrong’s H1572gama (ga-ma)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gama is the Hebrew word usually translated “give to drink me” and “it swallows”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.”
Meaning
- To swallow (liquids)(Piel) to swallow · (Hiphil) to drink
How it's translated
- give to drink me 1
- it swallows 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- Job 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
גָּמָא gama · to swallow
1) to swallow (liquids) 1a) (Piel) to swallow 1b) (Hiphil) to drink
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “swallow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SWAL'LOW, noun
A bird of the genus Hirundo, of many species, among which are the chimney swallow and the martin.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.