Jastrow: גַּמְלָא I

גַּמְלָא I c., ch. 1) = h. גָּמָל camel. Targ. Lev. XI, 4; a. e.—Snh. 106ᵃ (prov.) ג׳ אזלא וכ׳ the camel went to ask for horns, and had her ears cut off.—Macc. 5ᵃ ג׳ פרחא a flying (swift) camel, dromedary; Yeb. 116ᵃ.—Ib. 45ᵃ (prov.) ג׳ במדי וכ׳ in Media a camel can dance on a kab (bushel), i.e. in Media everything is possible. Sot. 13ᵇ; Keth. 67ᵃ, a. e. (prov.) לפום ג׳ שיחנא according to the camel is his load, i.e. the greater the man, the greater his responsibility.—Pl. גַּמְלִין, גַּמְלַיָּא, גַּמְלֵי. Targ. Gen. XXIV, 10 sq.; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 38.—Y. Hor. III, 48ᵃ bot. אבא יודן דגַמְלוֹי Abba Yudan who is busy among his camels; Lev. R. s. 5 דגמלי; a. fr. —2) couple, teaming arrangement. M. Kat. 11ᵇ הוה להו ג׳ דתורא בהדי הדדי (Asheri 33 … עבוד גִּימְלָא) had an arrangement between them to team their oxen for mutual work. Ib. פסקיה לגַמְלֵיה he broke the arrangement (Ms. M.; as corrected, לגמלא ולא שדריה …, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); v. גָּמַל Pi. —3) a small bridge, crossboard (cmp. גֶּשֶׁר). M. Kat. 6ᵇ והוא דליכא גשרא … ג׳ provided there is neither bridge nor crossboard. Snh. 67ᵇ, v. אוּסְקָנִיתָא. B. Bath. 21ᵃ ג׳ contrad. fr. תיתורא. Snh. 7ᵃ, v. גּוּדָא. —4) large-sized, v. גַּמְלָנָא.