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H1572 · גָּמָא

gâmâʼ · gaw-maw' · swallow, drink

H1572 (gâmâʼ, pronounced gaw-maw') is the Hebrew word גָּמָא in Strong’s dictionary: to absorb. It appears 2 times in 2 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
גָּמָא (Hebrew)
Transliteration
gâmâʼ
Pronunciation
gaw-maw'
Derivation
a primitive root (literally or figuratively) to absorb
Definition
to absorb
Rendered in the KJV
swallow, drink.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

2 occurrences in 2 verses.

How the BSB renders it

By book

Genesis 1 · Job 1

Verses

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