gimel

[ gim-uhl ]

/ ˈgɪm əl /

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noun

the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

the consonant sound represented by this letter.

Music. gymel.

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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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How to use gimel in a sentence

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
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

This fact, which was communicated to me by a friend of M. de Gimel, determined me to arrest Loizeau.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

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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