The meaning of “גַּל”
Understanding gal reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
billow, heap, spring, wave. - something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of wat...
גַּל
billow, heap, spring, wave. - something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves) 1) heap, spring, wave, billow 1a) heap (of stones) 1a1) over dead body 1a2) alone 1a3) used in ratifying a covenant 1b) waves (fig. of chastisement of Jehovah) 1c) spring
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 31:51 | “And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;” Word: גַּל (gal) | |
| 2 Samuel 18:17 | “And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.” Word: גַּל (gal) | |
| Job 15:28 | “And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.” Word: גַּל (gal) | |
| Song of Solomon 4:12 | “A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.” Word: גַּל (gal) | |
| Jeremiah 51:37 | “And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.” Word: גַּל (gal) |
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