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# גָּלַשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1570

**sit** — 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

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1570.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1570/): 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).