Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Brian Sullivan" <navillusbpi AT primus.com.au>]

Greetings to all (especially Harold and Jack)

Thankyou for your kind replies. It is encouraging to see that further 
research has clarified this matter, but many a publication is still 
purporting the previous view (hence my question - I dont have a great local 
library).

Nevertheless, if I may extrapolate: I believe gamel is derived from a 
similar sounding primary root [pardon my failure to correctly transliterate 
it], meaning to treat a person, benefit or requite, serve yield etc.

Could other burden bearing animals be described in the same manner?

I hope this hypothetical speculation is not to far 'out of bounds' of the 
groups policies.

Yours most sincerely,


Brian Sullivan