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title: גָּלָל — Galal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּלָל (1559), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Galal. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּלָל

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«גָּלָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Galal** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1559 · **BDB:** גָּלָל²

### Glosses

of.Galal (2); Galal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Galal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1559/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1559/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. of two Levites;— 1 Ch 9:15. 1 Ch 9:16 Ne 11:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 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 «גָּלָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1559/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 9:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.15/)

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וּבַקְבַּקַּ֥ר חֶ֖רֶשׁ וְגָלָ֑ל וּמַתַּנְיָה֙ בֶּן־מִיכָ֔א בֶּן־זִכְרִ֖י בֶּן־אָסָֽף׃

*Word for word:* and Bakbakkar Heresh and Galal and Mattaniah the.son of.Mica the.son of.Zikri the.son of.Asaph

*JPS 1917:* and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

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[1 Chronicles 9:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.16/)

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וְעֹבַדְיָה֙ בֶּֽן־שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה בֶּן־גָּלָ֖ל בֶּן־יְדוּת֑וּן וּבֶרֶכְיָ֤ה בֶן־אָסָא֙ בֶּן־אֶלְקָנָ֔ה הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּחַצְרֵ֥י נְטוֹפָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and Obadiah the.son of.Shemaiah the.son of.Galal the.son of.Jeduthun and Berekiah the.son of.Asa the.son of.Elkanah \[who\] dwelt in the.villages of.\[the\].Netophathite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

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