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title: גִּיל — rejoicing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּיל (1524), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: rejoicing. BDB 1906: rejoicing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּיל

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«גִּיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rejoicing** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 1524 · **BDB:** גִּיל²

### Glosses

rejoicing (7); my.rejoicing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rejoicing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1524/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

rejoicing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1524/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] rejoicing—Jb 3:22 + 6times, גִּו֯ל Pr 23:24; sf. גִּילִי ψ 43:4;—rejoicing ψ 65:13 Pr 23:24; ‖ שׂמחה ψ 45:16 Is 16:10 Je 48:33 Jo 1:16, שִׂמְחַת גִילִי ψ 43:4, שׂמח אל גיל glad unto rejoicing Ho 9:1 Jb 3:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1524/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 65:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.13/)

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יִ֭רְעֲפוּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וְ֝גִ֗יל גְּבָע֥וֹת תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה׃

*Word for word:* they.drip \[the\].pastures of.\[the\].wilderness and rejoicing \[the\].hills they.gird.on

*JPS 1917:* The pastures of the wilderness do drop; and the hills are girded with joy.

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[Job 3:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.22/)

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הַשְּׂמֵחִ֥ים אֱלֵי־גִ֑יל יָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּ כִּ֣י יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃

*Word for word:* the.joyful \[people\] to rejoicing \[who\].they.exult (dm) they.find \[the\].grave

*JPS 1917:* Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? —

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