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# גִּלְגָּל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1537

**Gilgal** — used 40 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

Gilgal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1537/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גִּלְגָּל²: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1537/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. ( = (sacred) circle of stones; cf. Di on Jos 5:9, where word-play on roll away, off)—c.art.except Jos 5:9; 12:23;— place E. of Jericho, where Isr. lay encamped Jos 4:19, 20; 5:9, 10; 9:6; 10:6, 7, 9, 15, 43; 14:6; cf. Mi 6:5 & Ju 3:19 הַפְּסִילִים אֲשֶׁר אֶת־הַגּ׳;? mod. Tell Juljul BdPal 169; perhaps also the place where sacrifices were offered 1 S 10:8; 11:14, 15(×2); 13:4, 7, 8, 12, 15 (in v 15 ins. also c. other words, Dr cf. We) 15:12, 21, 33; place of illicit sacrifice Ho 4:15; 9:15; 12:12 Am 4:4; 5:5(×2), named also Ju 2:1 1 S 7:16 2 S 19:16, 41;? = בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל Ne 12:29. place on border between Judah & Benjamin Jos 15:7 (= גְּלִילוֹת 18:17 cf. Di). place in N. Isr., dwelling of prophets 2 K 2:1; 4:38, mod. Jiljilie S. from Nâbulus, SW. from Seilûn (Shiloh) cf. Di RiHWB 518. place in N. Isr. near Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal Dt 11:30, identif. with 3 by Ke RiHWB 518 SchenkelBL SS; but cf. Di. in phr. מֶלֶךְ גּוֹיִם לְגִלְגָּל Jos 12:23, in list of Canaanitish kings; prob. name of a (northern) district cf. Di (B βασιλέα Γεεὶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας—but 𝔊L & Codd. Γοειμ τῆς Γελγελ); Di comp. Is 8:23.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 38 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Gilgal (34); (the) (6).

## In the verses

[Joshua 12:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.23/#tree)

מֶ֥לֶךְ דּ֛וֹר לְנָפַ֥ת דּ֖וֹר אֶחָ֑ד מֶֽלֶךְ־גּוֹיִ֥ם לְגִלְגָּ֖ל אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Dor of the.height of.Dor one the.king of.Goyim of Gilgal one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Dor in the region of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in the Gilgal, one;

[Joshua 10:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.10.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.10.9/#tree)

וַיָּבֹ֧א אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ פִּתְאֹ֑ם כָּל־הַלַּ֕יְלָה עָלָ֖ה מִן־הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.came to them Joshua suddenly all the night he.had.gone.up from (the) Gilgal

*JPS 1917:* Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1537.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1537/): 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).