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title: גִּלָּיוֹן — table · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּלָּיוֹן (1549), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: table. BDB 1906: n.m. table, tablet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּלָּיוֹן

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«גִּלָּיוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **table** — 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:** 1549 · **BDB:** גִּלָּיוֹן

### Glosses

a.tablet (1); mirrors (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

table [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1549/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. table, tablet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1549/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. table, tablet (Talm גִּלְיוֹן, the empty margin of page or roll, vid. LagGN 1881, 403, cf. BN 199)—קַח־לְךָ גִּלָּיוֹן גָּדוֹל וּכְתֹב עָלָיו take thee a great tablet and write upon it Is 8:1; pl. הַגִּלְיֹנִים tablets of polished metal, mirrors Is 3:23 𝔗 𝔙 Ges Che Di De; but transparent garments, gauzes, 𝔊 Ew (cf. Arabic جَلْوَةٌ fine garment).

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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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּלָּיוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1549/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 3:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.23/)

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וְהַגִּלְיֹנִים֙ וְהַסְּדִינִ֔ים וְהַצְּנִיפ֖וֹת וְהָרְדִידִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and the mirrors and the.linen garments and the headdresses and the shawls

*JPS 1917:* and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles.

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[Isaiah 8:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.1/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י קַח־לְךָ֖ גִּלָּי֣וֹן גָּד֑וֹל וּכְתֹ֤ב עָלָיו֙ בְּחֶ֣רֶט אֱנ֔וֹשׁ לְמַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to me take (for yourself a.tablet large and write on it with a.stylus of.a.person (to) Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth;

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