gimel
Americannoun
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the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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the consonant sound represented by this letter.
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Music. gymel.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of gimel
< Hebrew gīmel, akin to gāmāl camel
Example Sentences
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The Montagu griffon on the helm of John, marquess of Montagu, holds in its beak the gimel ring with which he differenced his father’s shield.
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It was the love-bairn of a dead mother, brought up in the kindly Highland fashion, free of every gimel and kail-pot.
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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.
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