The meaning of “גַּלְגַּל”
Understanding galgal reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
by reduplication from גָּלַל heaven, rolling thing, wheel. - a wheel - by analogy, a whirlwind - also dust (as whirled) ...
גַּלְגַּל
by reduplication from גָּלַל heaven, rolling thing, wheel. - a wheel - by analogy, a whirlwind - also dust (as whirled) 1) wheel, whirl, whirlwind, whirling 1a) wheel 1b) whirl (of dust, chaff)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Psalms 83:13 | “O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.” Word: גַּלְגַּל (galgal) | |
| Ecclesiastes 12:6 | “Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.” Word: גַּלְגַּל (galgal) | |
| Isaiah 17:13 | “The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.” Word: גַּלְגַּל (galgal) | |
| Jeremiah 47:3 | “At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;” Word: גַּלְגַּל (galgal) | |
| Ezekiel 10:13 | “As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.” Word: גַּלְגַּל (galgal) |
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