גָּלִיל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1550

cylinder — used 4 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

cylinder tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גָּלִיל²: n.m. cylinder, rod, circuit, district n.pr.loc. n.pr.loc. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. cylinder, rod, circuit, district;— cylinder, rod, only pl. cstr. גְּלִילֵי כֶסֶף Est 1:6 of support of rich hangings (‖ עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ); & גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ Ct 5:14, sim. of (?fingers of) hands: cylinders of gold set with topaz. circuit, district, on northern border of Israel, in Naphtali as n.pr.loc., population largely heathen (NH id. Aramaic גְּלִילָא, ܓܠܻܝܠܴܐ )—גְּלִיל הַגּוֹיִם Is 8:23; as n.pr.loc. Galilee always c. art. Jos 20:7; 21:32 1 Ch 6:61 all קֶדֶשׁ בַּגּ׳; אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ 1 K 9:11, so also 𝔊 Jos 12:23 (cf. Di) for גִּלְגַּל q.v.—See also; גְּלִילָה Galilee, 2 K 15:29 (‖ אֶרֶץ נַפְתָּלִי) Ew§ 173 h n Sta§ 308 a 2 Ges§ 90 f.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [were] revolving (2); [are] rods (1); rods (1).

In the verses

Song of Songs 5:14 · tree →

יָדָיו֙ גְּלִילֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב מְמֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ מֵעָיו֙ עֶ֣שֶׁת שֵׁ֔ן מְעֻלֶּ֖פֶת סַפִּירִֽים׃

Word for word: hands his [are].rods of.gold filled with (the) chrysolite parts his.lower [are].a.plate of.ivory covered sapphires

JPS 1917: His hands are as rods of gold set with beryl; his body is as polished ivory overlaid with sapphires.

1 Kings 6:34 · tree →

וּשְׁתֵּ֥י דַלְת֖וֹת עֲצֵ֣י בְרוֹשִׁ֑ים שְׁנֵ֨י צְלָעִ֜ים הַדֶּ֤לֶת הָֽאַחַת֙ גְּלִילִ֔ים וּשְׁנֵ֧י קְלָעִ֛ים הַדֶּ֥לֶת הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית גְּלִילִֽים׃

Word for word: and two doors of.wood(s) of.cypresses two sides the door (the) one [were].revolving and two curtains the door (the) second [were].revolving

JPS 1917: and two doors of cypress-wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

On Mova

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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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