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title: גָּלַל — roll · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּלַל (1556), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: roll. BDB 1906: vb. Pōʿal. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּלַל

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«גָּלַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **roll** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 1556 · **BDB:** גָּלַל

### Glosses

roll (5); I (1); I.have.rolled.away (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

roll [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1556/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pōʿal. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1556/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. roll, roll away (NH id., \& deriv.; Aramaic Pa. גַּלֵּל, Palp. גַּלְגֵּיל roll, Ithpalp. reflex., \& deriv.; cf. ܓܰܠ Ethiopic, Ethpalp. (v. PS). ܓܺܓܰܠ rota, ܓܰܠܠܴܐ fluctus, etc.)— Pf. 1 s. גַּלּוֹתִי Jos 5:9, וְגָֽלֲלוּ consec. Gn 29:3, 8; Imv. גֹּל ψ 22:9 (MT De; but 𝔊 Bi Che read גַּל 3 ms. pf., so AV RVm) Pr 16:3, גּוֹל ψ 37:5, גַּל 119:22 (but read גֹּל Ew Hi Ri Gr Che), גֹּלּוּ Jos 10:18 1 S 14:33; Pt. גֹּלֵל Pr 26:27;—roll a stone Pr 26:27; roll away stone from upon (מֵעַל) the mouth of a well Gn 29:3, 8; roll stones unto (אֶל) the mouth of a cave Jos 10:18; stone unto (אֶל) Saul, at which to slay beasts 1 S 14:33; fig. reproach from upon (מֵעַל) the people Jos 5:9 (subj. י׳), cf. ψ 119:22 (sq. מֵעַל); but also גּוֹל עַל־י׳ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ ψ 37:5, cf. 22:9 Pr 16:3 (both sq. אֶל־). Pf. וְנָגֹלּוּ consec. Is 34:4; Impf. וְיִגַּל (juss.) Am 5:24;—roll, roll up or along (intrans.). וְנָגֹלּוּ כַסֵּפֶר הַשָּׁמַיִם Is 34:4 and the heavens shall roll up like a book; יִגַּל כַּמַּיִם מִשְׁפָּט Am 5:24 let judgment roll along (flow down) as the waters. Pf. וְגִלְגַּלְתִּיךָ consec. Je 51:25 and I will roll thee down from (מִן) the rocks (subj. י׳; obj. Babylon under fig. of mt.) Pōʿal. Pt. שִׂמְלָה מְגוֹלָלָה בְדָמִים Is 9:4 garment rolled (dabbled, rolled over and over) in blood. Inf. לְהִתְגֹּלֵל Gn 43:18; Pt. מִתְגֹּלֵל 2 S 20:12; roll oneself over and over, וַעֲמָשָׂא מִתְג׳ בַּדָּם 2 S 20:12 now Amasa was wallowing in his blood; fig. Gn 43:18 לְהִתְג׳ עָלֵינוּ to roll himself upon us, i.e. assail us with overwhelming force (‖ וּלְהִתְנַפֵּל עָלֵינוּ). Pf. הִתְגַּלְגָּ֑לוּ Jb 30:14 (abs.; ‖ כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ) cf. Hithpo. Gn 43:18. Impf. וַיָּ֫גֶל Gn 29:10;—roll away stone from upon (מֵעַל) mouth of well; as Qal (which it really is, Impf. in i, according to BaZMG 1888, 178).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 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, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1556/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.14/)

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כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* like a.breach wide they.come under devastation they.have.rolled.themselves

*JPS 1917:* As through a wide breach they come; in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.

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[Proverbs 16:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.3/)

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גֹּ֣ל אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וְ֝יִכֹּ֗נוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* roll to Yahweh works your and they.will.be.established plans your

*JPS 1917:* Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

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