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title: גָּלַשׁ — sit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּלַשׁ (1570), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sit. BDB 1906: vb. sit, sit up recline. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּלַשׁ

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«גָּלַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sit** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1570 · **BDB:** גָּלַשׁ

### Glosses

they.have.descended (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1570/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sit, sit up recline [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1570/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sit, sit up, possibly also recline (cf. Arabic جَلَسَ sit up; so Thes De al. (not Ew))—only Pf. (שֶׁ)גָּֽלְשׁוּ Ct 4:1; 6:5 שֶׁגָּֽלְשׁוּ מ(הר) גִּלְעָד of flocks of goats, in sim. of a woman’s hair; construction \& sense rather awkward.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּלַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1570/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.5/)

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הָסֵ֤בִּי עֵינַ֙יִךְ֙ מִנֶּגְדִּ֔י שֶׁ֥הֵ֖םהִרְהִיבֻ֑נִי שַׂעְרֵךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הָֽעִזִּ֔ים שֶׁגָּלְשׁ֖וּ מִן־הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

*Word for word:* turn eyes your from before me that they they have.confused.me hair your \[is\].like.(the) flock of.(the) she-goats which they.have.descended from (the) Gilead

*JPS 1917:* Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from Gilead.

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[Song of Songs 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.1/)

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הִנָּ֨ךְ יָפָ֤ה רַעְיָתִי֙ הִנָּ֣ךְ יָפָ֔ה עֵינַ֣יִךְ יוֹנִ֔ים מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵ֑ךְ שַׂעְרֵךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הָֽעִזִּ֔ים שֶׁגָּלְשׁ֖וּ מֵהַ֥ר גִּלְעָֽד׃

*Word for word:* here you \[are\].beautiful my.friend my here you \[are\].beautiful eyes your \[are\].doves from behind to veil your hair your \[is\].like.(the) flock of.(the) she-goats which they.have.descended from the.mountain of.Gilead

*JPS 1917:* Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil; thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from mount Gilead.

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