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title: גָּלַם — wrap up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּלַם (1563), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: wrap up. BDB 1906: vb. wrap up, fold, fold together. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּלַם

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«גָּלַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wrap up** — 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:** 1563 · **BDB:** גָּלַם

### Glosses

he.folded.it.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wrap up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1563/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. wrap up, fold, fold together [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1563/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. wrap up, fold, fold together (NH id., Aramaic in deriv.)— Impf. וַיִּגְלֹם 2 K 2:8 וַיִּקַּח אֵלִיָּהוּ אֶת־אַדַּרְתּוֹ וַיִּגְלֹם.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּלַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1563/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.8/)

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וַיִּקַּח֩ אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ אֶת־אַדַּרְתּ֤וֹ וַיִּגְלֹם֙ וַיַּכֶּ֣ה אֶת־הַמַּ֔יִם וַיֵּחָצ֖וּ הֵ֣נָּה וָהֵ֑נָּה וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם בֶּחָרָבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Elijah (et) cloak his and he.folded.it.up and he.struck (et) the waters and they.were.divided hither and hither and they.passed.over the.two of.them on the.dry ground

*JPS 1917:* And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

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