gimel

/ˈɡɪ.məl/

ꞬꞮ · məl (2 syllables)

English Noun

Definition

The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).

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.