Gimel
Gimel ( גימל ) or Gimmel is the third letter in the Hebrew alphabet. He has the numerical value 3 Gimel is spoken in modern Ivrit as G as in German. Follow the letters Geresch, it replaces the non-existent in Hebrew voiced dsch - sound ( in foreign words ).
History
Gimel is also a consonant letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which it probably dates back to the stylized representation of a camel hump ( Gamel = camel ). From this letter, the Hebrew Gimel, the Arab Ǧīm and the Greek gamma derive from the latter originated from the Latin C and G.
Examples
- גולית Goliath
- גלגל, Galgal, Gilgal: "wheel"
- ג'אז Jazz ( use the foreign word )
- גבריאל Gabriel: " My strength is God"
- גדעון Gideon, male first name