H1551 - גָּלִיל (Gâlîyl)

H1551 גָּלִיל (Gâlîyl) gaw-leel'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

or (prolonged) Galiylah {gaw-lee-law'}; the same as 1550; a circle (with the article); Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine

KJV Usage: Galilee

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גָּלִיל (ga.lil) — Galilee.

§ Galilee = "circuit, district" a territory in Naphtali largely occupied by heathen; a circuit of towns around Kedesh-Naphtali, in which were situated the 20 towns given by Solomon to Hiram king of Tyre as payment for his work in conveying timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

גָּלִיל (H1550 · H1551)

noun m · גלל

Furnishings

ring meaning unsure, possibly: = a small circular band of precious metal, ► used for hanging curtains

EST 1:6

Furnishings

rod meaning unsure; possibly: = a thin straight metal bar, ► possibly used for several purposes, such as hanging curtains, as a hinge of doors, etc.

1KI 6:34 · 1KI 6:34 · EST 1:6 · SNG 5:14

Shape

rounded = state in which objects have a rounded shape

1KI 6:34 · 1KI 6:34

name, noun m

Names of Locations | ≈ גֹּויִם

Galilee = region, also called Galilee of the Nations, ◄ located in the northmost part of Israel

JOS 20:7 · JOS 21:32 · 1KI 9:11 · 2KI 15:29 · 1CH 6:61 · ISA 8:23

¹ EST 1:6 RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV "rings" = [1a] | NJPS ESV DCH "rods" = [1b] ² 1KI 6:34 · 1KI 6:34 REB "swivel-pins" = [1b] | NJPS "rounded" = [1c] | RSV NRSV "folding" NIV "that turned" DCH "hinged"

Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּלִיל n.m. cylinder, rod, circuit, district cylinder, rod

circuit, district, on northern border of Israel, in Naphtali

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