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> > What meaning have the names of the remaining letters?
> > G:>iMeL (G:a:Ma:L "a camel")?
> yup, i think so.
g`>imel is not connected with g`a`ma`l "a camel"
(http://bartleby.com/61/roots/S87.html:
gml 1
Common Semitic noun *gamal-, camel.
camel; camelopard, from Latin, from Greek kame`los,
from a Semitic source akin to
Hebrew ga`ma`l, Aramaic gamla`, and Arabic jamal, camel.
)
but it means "throwstick, boomerang",
which explains the shape of the letter.
(http://bartleby.com/61/roots/S87.html:
gml 2
Common Semitic noun *gaml-, throwstick.
a. gamma, from Greek gamma, from Phoenician *gaml, throwstick (?),
third letter of the Phoenician alphabet.
b. gimel, from Hebrew gi^mel, gimel,
alteration of Phoenician *gaml (see above).
)
P.A.