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title: גָּלִיל — cylinder · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּלִיל (1550), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: cylinder. BDB 1906: n.m. cylinder, rod, circuit, district n.pr.loc. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּלִיל

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«גָּלִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cylinder** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 1550 · **BDB:** גָּלִיל²

### Glosses

\[were\].revolving (2); \[are\].rods (1); rods (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cylinder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1550/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cylinder, rod, circuit, district n.pr.loc. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1550/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. cylinder, rod, circuit, district;— cylinder, rod, only pl. cstr. גְּלִילֵי כֶסֶף Est 1:6 of support of rich hangings (‖ עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ); \& גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ Ct 5:14, sim. of (?fingers of) hands: cylinders of gold set with topaz. circuit, district, on northern border of Israel, in Naphtali as n.pr.loc., population largely heathen (NH id. Aramaic גְּלִילָא, ܓܠܻܝܠܴܐ )—גְּלִיל הַגּוֹיִם Is 8:23; as n.pr.loc. Galilee always c. art. Jos 20:7; 21:32 1 Ch 6:61 all קֶדֶשׁ בַּגּ׳; אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ 1 K 9:11, so also 𝔊 Jos 12:23 (cf. Di) for גִּלְגַּל q.v.—See also; גְּלִילָה Galilee, 2 K 15:29 (‖ אֶרֶץ נַפְתָּלִי) Ew§ 173 h n Sta§ 308 a 2 Ges§ 90 f.

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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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּלִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1550/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.14/)

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יָדָיו֙ גְּלִילֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב מְמֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ מֵעָיו֙ עֶ֣שֶׁת שֵׁ֔ן מְעֻלֶּ֖פֶת סַפִּירִֽים׃

*Word for word:* hands his \[are\].rods of.gold filled with (the) chrysolite parts his.lower \[are\].a.plate of.ivory covered sapphires

*JPS 1917:* His hands are as rods of gold set with beryl; his body is as polished ivory overlaid with sapphires.

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[1 Kings 6:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.34/)

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וּשְׁתֵּ֥י דַלְת֖וֹת עֲצֵ֣י בְרוֹשִׁ֑ים שְׁנֵ֨י צְלָעִ֜ים הַדֶּ֤לֶת הָֽאַחַת֙ גְּלִילִ֔ים וּשְׁנֵ֧י קְלָעִ֛ים הַדֶּ֥לֶת הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית גְּלִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and two doors of.wood(s) of.cypresses two sides the door (the) one \[were\].revolving and two curtains the door (the) second \[were\].revolving

*JPS 1917:* and two doors of cypress-wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

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