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H1556 גָּלַל (gâlal) gaw-lal'
Hebrew
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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

ISA 34:4

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

GEN 43:18

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

JOS 5:9 · PSA 119:22

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

AMO 5:24

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

JOB 30:14

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

PSA 22:9 · PSA 37:5 · PRO 16:3

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

ISA 9:4

Wet | verb hit

to wallow = action by which humans turn about in a liquid or substance, so that their clothing becomes drenched by it

2SA 20:12

Enio R. Mueller

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

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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