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H1549 גִּלָּיוֹן (gillâyôwn) ghil-law-yone'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or gilyown {ghil-yone'}; from 1540; a tablet for writing (as bare); by analogy, a mirror (as a plate)

KJV Usage: glass, roll

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גִּלָּיוֹן (gil.la.von) — tablet. table, tablet, mirror, flat shiny ornament

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · גלה

Scrolls

tablet = small, flat tablet, ◄ probably made of wood or metal, ► on which words were scratched with a stylus

ISA 8:1

Jewellery

mirror meaning unsure, possibly: = small, flat tablet with a polished or smooth surface; ◄ made out of metal, ► that reflects one's image

ISA 3:23

1 ISA 3:23 Targum ומחזיתא "and the mirrors" NJPS NJB ESV "mirrors" | LXX "τὰ βύσσινα" RSV NRSV "garments of gauze" NJPS "lace gowns" REB "scarves of gauze" GNT "revealing garments" CEV "royal robes"

Matthew P. Anstey

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גִּלָּיוֹן n.m. table, tablet base

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