גַּלְגַּל
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
wheel tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
גַּלְגַּל²: n.m. wheel tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. wheel (𝔗 BH; Syriac ܓܺܝܓܰܠ );—pl. sf. גַּלְגִּלּוֹהִ֫י Dn 7:9 of throne-chariot of God.
Jastrow 1903
גַּלְגַּל ²: wheel globe, celestial sphere eye-ball stubble sort of girdle. tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
wheel. Targ. Ezek. I, 15 sq. גִּילְ׳ ed. Lag. Targ. Ps. LXXXIII, 14; a. e.—Erub. 104ᵃ למימלא בגי׳ to fill (draw water) with the wheel. Lev. R. s. 34, v. אַנְטְלַיָּא. globe, celestial sphere. Targ. Ps. LXXVII, 19. Targ. Job XXXVIII, 33.—B. Bath. 74ᵃ ג׳ דרקיע וכ׳ the sphere of the zodiac which turns around. eye-ball. Targ. Ps. XVII, 8 גִּילְגוּל ed. Lag. (oth. ed. גִּלְגּוּל; Ms. גִּיגַּל).—Tam. 32ᵇ they handed him ג׳ דעינא Ar. (ed. גולגלתא incorr.) an eye-ball. Ib. גולגלתא דעינא וכ׳ (read גילגלא) the eye-ball of a mortal which is never satisfied. B. Bath. 73ᵇ stubble. Targ. Is. XVII, 13.—Pl. גִּלְגְּלַיָּא, גִּילְ׳. Targ. Ezek. I, 16 sq.—Targ. Ex. XIV, 25 גִּלְגְּלֵי ed. Berl. (ed. a. Y. גַּלְגַּלֵי). Targ. Y. II ib. גֶּלְגְּלַיָּא; a. e.—Koh. R. to XII, 6; Lev. R. s. 18; a. e.—4) (v. next w.) a sort of girdle. Pl. גַּלְגְּלַיָּיה. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ bot. (transl. of גליונים, Is. III, 22), v. גִּלְיוֹן 3.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: wheels (1).
In the verses
חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֗ית עַ֣ד דִּ֤י כָרְסָוָן֙ רְמִ֔יו וְעַתִּ֥יק יוֹמִ֖ין יְתִ֑ב לְבוּשֵׁ֣הּ ׀ כִּתְלַ֣ג חִוָּ֗ר וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ כַּעֲמַ֣ר נְקֵ֔א כָּרְסְיֵהּ֙ שְׁבִיבִ֣ין דִּי־נ֔וּר גַּלְגִּלּ֖וֹהִי נ֥וּר דָּלִֽק׃
Word for word: seeing I.was until that thrones they.were.placed and.[one] ancient of.days he.sat clothing his like snow [was].white and the.hair of his.head like wool [was].pure throne his [was].flames (diy).of fire wheels its [were].fire burning
JPS 1917: I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was as white snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.
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