A camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. There are three surviving species of camel: the one-humped dromedary (which makes up 94% of the world's camel population), and the two-humped Bactrian and wild Bactrian species. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food (milk and meat) and textiles (fiber and felt from hair). As working animals, camels—who are uniquely suited to their desert habitats—are a vital means of transport for passengers and cargo.
Gimel is the third letter of the Semitic abjads.
The letter's form is a conventionalized image of a camel. The letter may be the shape of the walking animal's head, neck, and forelegs. In gematria, gimel represents the number three. It is written like a vav with a yud as a "foot", and it resembles a person in motion; symbolically, a rich man running after a poor man to give him charity.