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title: גְּלִילוֹת — Geliloth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּלִילוֹת (1553), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Geliloth. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּלִילוֹת

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«גְּלִילוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Geliloth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1553 · **BDB:** גְּלִילוֹת

### Glosses

Geliloth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Geliloth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1553/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1553/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (strictly pl. of foreg.; prob. = circles of stones, 𝔙 tumuli, cf. Di) Jos 18:17 (cf. הַגִּלְגָּל 15:7), place on border between Benj. \& Judah. locality described as follows: אֶל־ג׳ הַיַּרְדֵּן אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן Jos 22:10 unto Geliloth (= the circles) of Jordan which is in the land of Canaan; (𝔊 Γαλγαλα, 𝔊L Γαλιλωθ). אֶל־מוּל אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֶל־גְּלִילוֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶל־עֵבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל v 11 in front of the land of Canaan, in Geliloth of Jordan, beyond the sons of Israel (𝔊 Γαλααδ, 𝔊L om.) v. Di; yet cf. DrIntr. 106 n. Others render ג׳ here circuit of Jordan = כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן; districts VB, cf. גְּלִילָה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּלִילוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1553/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 18:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.17/)

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וְתָאַ֣ר מִצָּפ֗וֹן וְיָצָא֙ עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְיָצָא֙ אֶל־גְּלִיל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֖כַח מַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וְיָרַ֕ד אֶ֥בֶן בֹּ֖הַן בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.turns from.\[the\] north and it.goes.out En Shemesh and it.goes.out to Geliloth which \[is\].opposite the.ascent of.Adummim and it.goes.down the.stone of Bohan the.son.of.Reuben

*JPS 1917:* And it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

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