gimel

American  

[gim-uhl] / ˈgɪm əl /

noun

1. the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

3. Music. gymel.

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gimel British  

/ ˈɡɪməl, ˈɡiːmɛl /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of gimel

< Hebrew gīmel, akin to gāmāl camel

Example Sentences

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

It was the love-bairn of a dead mother, brought up in the kindly Highland fashion, free of every gimel and kail-pot.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

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.

From History of Phoenicia by Rawlinson, George