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title: גָּלִיל — Galilee · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּלִיל (1551), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Galilee. 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: **Galilee** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 1551 · **BDB:** גָּלִיל²

### Glosses

Galilee (5); the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Galilee [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1551/#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/1490/1551/#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, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1490/1551/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 20:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.20.7/)

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וַיַּקְדִּ֜שׁוּ אֶת־קֶ֤דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִיל֙ בְּהַ֣ר נַפְתָּלִ֔י וְאֶת־שְׁכֶ֖ם בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת־קִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע קִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥יא חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּהַ֥ר יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.apart (et) Kedesh in (the) Galilee in the.hill.country of.Naphtali and (et) Shechem in the.hill.country of.Ephraim and (et) Kiriath Arba that \[is\].Hebron in the.hill.country of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba — the same is Hebron — in the hill-country of Judah.

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[1 Chronicles 6:61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.61/)

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וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה נַפְתָּלִ֗י אֶת־קֶ֤דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִיל֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ וְאֶת־חַמּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָ וְאֶת־קִרְיָתַ֖יִם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ס

*Word for word:* and from the.tribe of.Naphtali (et) Kedesh in (the) Galilee and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Hammon and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Kiriathaim and (et) lands its.pasture

*JPS 1917:* and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with the open land about it, and Hammon with the open land about it, and Kiriathaim with the open land about it.

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