גָּלִיל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1551

Galilee — used 6 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

Galilee 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, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Galilee (5); the (1).

In the verses

Joshua 20:7 · tree →

וַיַּקְדִּ֜שׁוּ אֶת־קֶ֤דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִיל֙ בְּהַ֣ר נַפְתָּלִ֔י וְאֶת־שְׁכֶ֖ם בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת־קִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע קִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥יא חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּהַ֥ר יְהוּדָֽה׃

Word for word: and they.set.apart (et) Kedesh in (the) Galilee in the.hill.country of.Naphtali and (et) Shechem in the.hill.country of.Ephraim and (et) Kiriath Arba that [is].Hebron in the.hill.country of.Judah

JPS 1917: And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba — the same is Hebron — in the hill-country of Judah.

1 Chronicles 6:61 · tree →

וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה נַפְתָּלִ֗י אֶת־קֶ֤דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִיל֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ וְאֶת־חַמּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָ וְאֶת־קִרְיָתַ֖יִם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ס

Word for word: and from the.tribe of.Naphtali (et) Kedesh in (the) Galilee and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Hammon and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Kiriathaim and (et) lands its.pasture

JPS 1917: and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with the open land about it, and Hammon with the open land about it, and Kiriathaim with the open land about it.

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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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