Gimel
/ʒiˈmɛl/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).
- 2 the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A Swiss commune.
Etymology
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.