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title: גִּילָה — rejoicing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּילָה (1525), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: rejoicing. BDB 1906: n.f. rejoicing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּילָה

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«גִּילָה» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1525 · **BDB:** גִּילָה

### Glosses

gladness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rejoicing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1525/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. rejoicing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1525/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rejoicing Is 65:18, גִּילַת וְרַנֵּן Is 35:2 (nom. verbal. for Inf. abs. cf. De Di; cstr. before וְ Ges§ 130. 2; but read prob. גִּילָה); הַגִּילָה read Is 9:2 for הַגּוֹי לֹא by Krochm Che RS Di.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּילָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1525/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 65:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.18/)

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כִּֽי־אִם־שִׂ֤ישׂוּ וְגִ֙ילוּ֙ עֲדֵי־עַ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲנִ֣י בוֹרֵ֑א כִּי֩ הִנְנִ֨י בוֹרֵ֧א אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם גִּילָ֖ה וְעַמָּ֥הּ מָשֽׂוֹשׂ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) (if) rejoice and be.glad until perpetuity \[that\].which I \[am\].about.to.create (dm) here I \[am\].about.to.create (et) Jerusalem gladness and people its joy

*JPS 1917:* But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

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[Isaiah 35:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.2/)

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פָּרֹ֨חַ תִּפְרַ֜ח וְתָגֵ֗ל אַ֚ף גִּילַ֣ת וְרַנֵּ֔ן כְּב֤וֹד הַלְּבָנוֹן֙ נִתַּן־לָ֔הּ הֲדַ֥ר הַכַּרְמֶ֖ל וְהַשָּׁר֑וֹן הֵ֛מָּה יִרְא֥וּ כְבוֹד־יְהוָ֖ה הֲדַ֥ר אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* profusely.(bud) it.will.bud and let.it.be.glad also gladness and shouting.for.joy the.glory of.(the) Lebanon it.will.be.given to it the.splendor of.(the) Carmel and (the) Sharon they they.will.see the.glory of.Yahweh the.splendor our.God our

*JPS 1917:* It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon; they shall see the glory of the LORD, the excellency of our God.

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