Etymology

gimel

gi·mel
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Today it means: The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac). Full definition →

Hebrew גימל
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromגימל
  2. English todaygimel

From Hebrew גימל (gimel); ultimately from Proto-Semitic word for a weapon which was debatably either a staff sling or a throwing stick. Doublet of gamma.

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