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Gimel is a letter in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally transliterated as g. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, it is pronounced as the g in go. It comes after bet but before dalet.
In pointed texts, gimel is written either with or without a dagesh. This reflects a pronunciation distinction that no longer exists, at least in Modern Israeli Hebrew. With a dagesh, it was g as in go, but without a dagesh it was something more fricative, which I think would have to sound something like this. Regardless, it's just g either way today.
When used as a numeral, it has the value of 3. This usage is not found in the Hebrew Bible proper, but sometimes does appear for verse or chapter numbers in some editions.
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