Lexicon / H1551
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 .