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title: גַּלְגַּל — wheel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּלְגַּל (1534), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: wheel. BDB 1906: n.m. wheel, whirl, whirlwind. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּלְגַּל

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«גַּלְגַּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wheel** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 1534 · **BDB:** גַּלְגַּל²

### Glosses

wheel (4); wheel\[s\] (2); its.wheels (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wheel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1534/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wheel, whirl, whirlwind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1534/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ec 12:6 wheel, whirl, whirlwind (on format. cf. BaNB 204)—abs. ג׳ Ez 10:2 + 7 times; גַּלְגַּ֑ל ψ 83:14; pl. c. sf. גַּלְגִּלָּיו Is 5:28 Je 47:3;— wheel, of war-chariot Is 5:28 Je 47:3, also coll. Ez 23:24; 26:10; perhaps also in Ezekiel’s vision Ez 10:2, 6, 13 (cf. wheelwork) but cf. infr. for drawing water Ec 12:6. whirl (of dust or chaff) ψ 83:14 Is 17:13, sim. of foes put to flight by God. perhaps whirling of wheels Ez 10:2, 6, 13 Sm RV; cf. supr. whirlwind or wheel ψ 77:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּלְגַּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1534/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 10:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.10.13/)

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לָא֖וֹפַנִּ֑ים לָהֶ֛ם קוֹרָ֥א הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל בְּאָזְנָֽי׃

*Word for word:* to the wheels to them it.was.called the wheel in ears my

*JPS 1917:* As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing The wheelwork.

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[Psalms 77:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.77.19/)

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ק֤וֹל רַעַמְךָ֨ ׀ בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקִ֣ים תֵּבֵ֑ל רָגְזָ֖ה וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* the.sound your.thunder your \[was\].in the whirlwind they.lit.up lightning.flashes \[the\].world it.trembled and it.shook the earth

*JPS 1917:* The voice of Thy thunder was in the whirlwind; the lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

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