Beth-gamul — the meaning of the Hebrew name בֵּית גָּמוּל

בֵּית גָּמוּל

Bêyth Gâmûwl · pronounced bayth gaw-mool' · Strong's H1014 · a place

Beth-gamul means house of (the) weaned.

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בַּיִת bayith (from, H1004) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) open in the lexicon ›

גְּמוּל gᵉmûwl (passive participle of, H1576) — treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill) open in the lexicon ›

from H1004 and the passive participle of H1576; house of (the) weaned; Beth-Gamul, a place East of the Jordan.

Jer 48:23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth–gamul, and upon Beth–meon, (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Jeremiah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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