גָּמָא
gama · give a sip
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1572 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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gama (גָּמָא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “give a sip”.
To drink; swallow.
How to say it
ga·ma
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To take a small swallow.
- To devour the ground at a gallop.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he gulps ×1
- let me sip ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 24:17
The servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me sip a little water from your jar.”
- Job 39:24
With shaking and agitation he gulps the ground, and he cannot stand still when the horn sounds.