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title: גִּיל — circle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּיל (lemma:גִּיל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: circle. BDB 1906: circle, age. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּיל

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«גִּיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **circle** — 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:** lemma:גִּיל · **BDB:** גִּיל³

### Glosses

age (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

circle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b4_5bc_5d9_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

circle, age [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b4_5bc_5d9_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] circle, age, מן הילדים אשׁר כְּגִלְכֶם of the youths which are of your age Dn 1:10 (cf. Arabic جِيلٌ, Sam. גיל = Heb. דור = γενεά, Talm בן גילו one born at the same time, a contemporary).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b4_5bc_5d9_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.10/)

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וַיֹּ֜אמֶר שַׂ֤ר הַסָּרִיסִים֙ לְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל יָרֵ֤א אֲנִי֙ אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מִנָּ֔ה אֶת־מַאֲכַלְכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־מִשְׁתֵּיכֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֡ר לָמָּה֩ יִרְאֶ֨ה אֶת־פְּנֵיכֶ֜ם זֹֽעֲפִ֗ים מִן־הַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר כְּגִֽילְכֶ֔ם וְחִיַּבְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־רֹאשִׁ֖י לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the.chief of the.officials to Daniel \[am\].fearing I (et) master my the king who he.has.assigned (et) food your and (et) drink your that why? will.he.see (et) faces your looking.thin more.than the youths who \[are\].about age your and you.will.endanger (et) head my to the king

*JPS 1917:* And the chief of the officers said unto Daniel: 'I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces sad in comparison with the youths that are of your own age? so would ye endanger my head with the king.'

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