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title: גְּלָל — rolling · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: גְּלָל (lemma:גְּלָל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: rolling. BDB 1906: rolling. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּלָל

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«גְּלָל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **rolling** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:גְּלָל · **BDB:** גְּלָל

### Glosses

of.rolling (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rolling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b8_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

rolling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b8_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] rolling;—abs. אֶבֶן ג׳ Ezr 5:8; 6:4 stones of rolling, too heavy for carrying.

### Jastrow 1903

גְּלָל: untrimmed stone, cobble lump ordure Pl. wave consequence; on account of, in order to [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b8_5dc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** untrimmed stone, cobble (v. גְּוִיל). \[Ezra V, 8.\]—Ḥull. 63ᵃ אתא ג׳ a stone fell (from on high); Yalk. Zech. 578 גלאלא. Gitt. 47ᵃ Ar. (ed. גַּלְגַּלְתָּא). Ab. Zar. 22ᵇ, v. דַּגָּלָא. lump.—Pl. גְּלָלֵי. Ḥull. 112ᵃ bot. תרי ג׳ דמלחא Rashi (ed. ג׳ מלחא) two lumps of salt. ordure, v. גַּלָּא.—Pl. as supra. B. Kam. 92ᵇ (prov.) a dog in his hunger ג׳ מבלע (Ms. H. sing.) will swallow excrements (Rashi: stones). wave, v. גַּלָּא. consequence; בג׳ on account of, in order to. Targ. Ps. XL, 12 (Ms. ג׳ היכנא). Targ. II Chr. XXIV, 25; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּלָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b8_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.4/)

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נִדְבָּכִ֞ין דִּי־אֶ֤בֶן גְּלָל֙ תְּלָתָ֔א וְנִדְבָּ֖ךְ דִּי־אָ֣ע חֲדַ֑ת וְנִ֨פְקְתָ֔א מִן־בֵּ֥ית מַלְכָּ֖א תִּתְיְהִֽב׃

*Word for word:* rows (diy).of stone of.rolling three and a.row (diy).of timber new and the expense from the.house of the.king let.it.be.given

*JPS 1917:* with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber, and let the expenses be given out of the king's house;

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[Ezra 5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.8/)

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יְדִ֣יעַ ׀ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֗א דִּֽי־אֲזַ֜לְנָא לִיה֤וּד מְדִֽינְתָּא֙ לְבֵית֙ אֱלָהָ֣א רַבָּ֔א וְה֤וּא מִתְבְּנֵא֙ אֶ֣בֶן גְּלָ֔ל וְאָ֖ע מִתְּשָׂ֣ם בְּכֻתְלַיָּ֑א וַעֲבִ֥ידְתָּא דָ֛ךְ אָסְפַּ֥רְנָא מִתְעַבְדָ֖א וּמַצְלַ֥ח בְּיֶדְהֹֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* known let.it.be to the king (diy).that we.went to Judea the province to the.house of the.God (the) great and it \[is\].being.built stone of.rolling and timber \[is\].being.set in the walls and the work this diligently \[is\].being.done and.\[is\] prospering in hand their

*JPS 1917:* Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands.

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