gimel/ʒiˈmɛl/EtymologyFrom 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.gimel means A Swiss commune. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.nameA Swiss commune.nounThe third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).