גָּלִיל
ga.lil
- Galilee
- cylinder
- rod
- circuit
- district
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: Galilee
§ Galilee = "circuit, district"
a territory in Naphtali largely occupied by heathen; a circuit of towns around Kedesh-Naphtali, in which were situated the 20 towns given by Solomon to Hiram king of Tyre as payment for his work in conveying timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: cylinder; rod; circuit; district
Root √גלל: גָּלַל vb roll roll away Qal roll a stone Niph roll roll up along . or Pilp and I will roll thee down from .the rocks Pō‛al garment rolled in blood (dabbed, rolled over and over). Hithpo roll oneself over and over . Hithpalp . cf. Hithpo. Hiph roll away .stone from upon mouth of well .
גָּלִיל n.m cylinder rod circuit district cylinder rod , circuit district . on northern border of Israel, in Naphtali .