Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to roll (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
גָּלַל (ga.lal) — to roll. 1) to roll, roll away, roll down, roll together 1a) (Qal) to roll 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to roll up 1b2) to flow down 1c) (Pilpel) to roll 1d) (Poal) to be rolled 1e) (Hithpoel) to roll oneself 1f) (Hithpalpel) to roll oneself 1g) (Hiphil) to roll away Aramaic equivalent: ge.lal (גְּלָל "great" H1560)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · גַּל · גֵּל · גַּלְגַּל · גִּלְגָּל · גֻּלְגֹּלֶת · גֻּלָּה · גִּלּוּל · גָּלִיל · גְּלִילָה · גָּלָל · מַגָּל · מְגִלָּה · גִּלְגָּל · גָּלִיל · גְּלִילֹות
Turn | verb qal, verb pi
to roll = causative action by which humans cause an object to move by turning it over and over
GEN 29:3 · GEN 29:8 · GEN 29:10 · JOS 10:18 · 1SA 14:33 · PRO 26:27 · JER 51:25
Turn | verb nif
to roll up = causative action by which humans turn a flat object over and over on itself to form a cylindrical shape
Control | verb hit
to roll oneself upon > to overpower = action by which a group of people moves forward with force in order to arrest someone with violence
End | verb pi
to take away (a condition) literally: to roll (a condition) away (from someone); hence: = causative action by which deities cause a certain condition to come to an end
Move | verb nif
to roll on = process by which an object moves with an unstoppable force, ◄ like a stone that comes rolling down a slope
Move | verb hit
to roll on = action by which a group of people moves forward with an unstoppable force, ◄ like a stone that comes rolling down a slope, ► with aggressive intent
Confident
to roll > to commit = action by which humans show their confidence in a deity by putting difficult matters in that deity's hands, ◄ like a heavy stone is rolled on to someone else who is more able to carry it
Wet | verb pu'al
to be rolled > to be soaked = process by which an object is turned about in a liquid or substance, so it becomes drenched by it
Wet | verb hit
to wallow = action by which humans turn about in a liquid or substance, so that their clothing becomes drenched by it
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[גָּלַל] vb. roll, roll away Qal roll a stone
Niph. roll, roll up or along
Pilp. and I will roll thee down from the rocks
Pō‛al garment rolled (dabbed, rolled over and over) in blood.
Hithpo. roll oneself over and over
Hithpalp. cf. Hithpo.
Hiph. roll away stone from upon mouth of well
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