גַּלְגַּל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1534

wheel — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

wheel tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גַּלְגַּל²: n.m. wheel, whirl, whirlwind tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Ec 12:6 wheel, whirl, whirlwind (on format. cf. BaNB 204)—abs. ג׳ Ez 10:2 + 7 times; גַּלְגַּ֑ל ψ 83:14; pl. c. sf. גַּלְגִּלָּיו Is 5:28 Je 47:3;— wheel, of war-chariot Is 5:28 Je 47:3, also coll. Ez 23:24; 26:10; perhaps also in Ezekiel’s vision Ez 10:2, 6, 13 (cf. wheelwork) but cf. infr. for drawing water Ec 12:6. whirl (of dust or chaff) ψ 83:14 Is 17:13, sim. of foes put to flight by God. perhaps whirling of wheels Ez 10:2, 6, 13 Sm RV; cf. supr. whirlwind or wheel ψ 77:19.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: wheel (4); wheel[s] (2); its wheels (1).

In the verses

Ezekiel 10:13 · tree →

לָא֖וֹפַנִּ֑ים לָהֶ֛ם קוֹרָ֥א הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל בְּאָזְנָֽי׃

Word for word: to the wheels to them it.was.called the wheel in ears my

JPS 1917: As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing The wheelwork.

Psalms 77:19 · tree →

ק֤וֹל רַעַמְךָ֨ ׀ בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקִ֣ים תֵּבֵ֑ל רָגְזָ֖ה וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Word for word: the.sound your.thunder your [was].in the whirlwind they.lit.up lightning.flashes [the].world it.trembled and it.shook the earth

JPS 1917: The voice of Thy thunder was in the whirlwind; the lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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