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# גִּילָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1525

**rejoicing** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

rejoicing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1525/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גִּילָה: n.f. rejoicing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1525/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rejoicing Is 65:18, גִּילַת וְרַנֵּן Is 35:2 (nom. verbal. for Inf. abs. cf. De Di; cstr. before וְ Ges§ 130. 2; but read prob. גִּילָה); הַגִּילָה read Is 9:2 for הַגּוֹי לֹא by Krochm Che RS Di.

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 (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: gladness (2).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 65:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.18/#tree)

כִּֽי־אִם־שִׂ֤ישׂוּ וְגִ֙ילוּ֙ עֲדֵי־עַ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲנִ֣י בוֹרֵ֑א כִּי֩ הִנְנִ֨י בוֹרֵ֧א אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם גִּילָ֖ה וְעַמָּ֥הּ מָשֽׂוֹשׂ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) (if) rejoice and be.glad until perpetuity \[that\].which I \[am\].about.to.create (dm) here I \[am\].about.to.create (et) Jerusalem gladness and people its joy

*JPS 1917:* But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

[Isaiah 35:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.2/#tree)

פָּרֹ֨חַ תִּפְרַ֜ח וְתָגֵ֗ל אַ֚ף גִּילַ֣ת וְרַנֵּ֔ן כְּב֤וֹד הַלְּבָנוֹן֙ נִתַּן־לָ֔הּ הֲדַ֥ר הַכַּרְמֶ֖ל וְהַשָּׁר֑וֹן הֵ֛מָּה יִרְא֥וּ כְבוֹד־יְהוָ֖ה הֲדַ֥ר אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* profusely.(bud) it.will.bud and let.it.be.glad also gladness and shouting.for.joy the.glory of.(the) Lebanon it.will.be.given to it the.splendor of.(the) Carmel and (the) Sharon they they.will.see the.glory of.Yahweh the.splendor our.God our

*JPS 1917:* It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon; they shall see the glory of the LORD, the excellency of our God.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1525.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1525/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).