גַּל
gal · H1530 · Hebrew · 34 occurrences
Thing
- Tell, moundMunicipal structures16 verses
Meanings
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wave
A ridge of water curling into an arched form between two depressions in open water
ExamplesJob 38:11 And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther; And here your proud waves shall stop’?
Psalm 42:7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have passed over me.
Psalm 65:7 Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the turmoil of the nations.
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A pile of stones, sometimes used as a memorial for an important event (heap (of stones))
ExamplesGenesis 31:46 Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
Genesis 31:48 Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed,
Genesis 31:51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Behold this heap and behold the memorial stone which I have set between you and me.
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spring
A place where water wells up from an underground source
ExamplesSong of Solomon 4:12 “A locked garden is my sister, my bride, A locked spring, a sealed fountain.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
17 occurrences in 5 groups
- הוּhis 7
- אֶבֶןstone 3
- ךָyour 3
- הֶםtheir 3
- יָםsea 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
11 occurrences in 4 groups
- זֶהthis 5
- גָּדוֹלgreat, large 3
- נָצָהto fight 2
- נָעַלto lock 1
What it doesIt is the subject
8 occurrences in 4 groups
- הָמָהto moan 4
- עָבַרto pass 2
- חָשָׁהto be silent 1
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
What is done to itIt is the object
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- קוּםto arise 2
- נָכָהto strike, to strike down 1
- נָצַבto stand 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
- רוּםto be high, to raise, to lift up 1
Second object ofSecond object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁאָהto lie waste 2
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- עֵדwitness 2
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִזְבֵּחַaltar 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
9 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 10
- עַלon, upon, over, against 4
- כlike/as 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- גָּאוֹןpride, majesty 1
- הָמוֹןmultitude, tumult, abundance 1
- שָׁאוֹןroaring 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- κῦμα kŷma · G2949 · wave, billow, surge
- Greek κῦμα specifically denotes a wave or billow (particularly as a moving, cresting body of water), corresponding directly to the wave/billow sense of Hebrew גַּל.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Shape002001001052
- The noun describes a heaped-up mass or mound, such as a heap of stones raised as a memorial or a ruin heap left after destruction.
- Quantity002001001046
- The same word describes an accumulated pile or quantity of stones gathered together, as in the covenant heap set up by Jacob and Laban.
- Waterbodies001002008
- The word also denotes a wave or billow of water, used of the surging waves of the sea in poetic descriptions of storm and turmoil.
Word family 17 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1530. gal גַּל noun masculineGen 31:48 heap, wave, billow (as rolled together, rolling,…
גַּל noun masculineGen 31:48 heap, wave, billow (as rolled together, rolling, rolling up), also
spring, ᵑ0 Son 4:12 compare
3 below — absolute גַּל Job 8:17 Job 8:5t. (including הַגַּל Gen 31:48 +); גָּ֑ל Gen 31:46; הַגָּ֑ל Gen 31:46; לַגָּ֑ל Isa 25:2; construct גַּלֿ Jos 7:26 + 2t. + Gen 31:47-48, q.see below; plural גַּלִּים 2Ki 19:25 2Ki 19:6t.; construct גַּלֵּיֿ Isa 48:18; suffix גַּלָּיו Psa 89:10 Psa 89:6t.; גַּלֵּיהֶם Psa 65:8 Psa 65:2t.; —
1 heap of stones,
a. ׳ג אבנים raised (הקים) over dead body Jos 7:26; Jos 8:29; compare 2Sa 18:17 (with הִצִּיב).
b. גַּל alone Job 8:17 (roots wrapped about it).
c. heap or pile made (עשׂה) for use in ratifying compact of Jacob with Laban Gen 31:46 (twice in verse); Gen 31:48; Gen 31:51; Genesis 38:52; Gen 31:52 (twice in verse) compare also גַּלְעֵד
proper name, dual heap of ruins Isa 25:2; elsewhere plural Hos 12:12; 2Ki 19:25 = Isa 37:26; Job 15:28 Jer 9:10; Jer 51:37.
2 waves (rollers) in poetry, only plural, waves of sea Jer 5:22; Jer 31:35; Isa 51:15; Job 38:11; Psa 65:8; Psa 89:10; Psa 107:25; Psa 107:29; compare also in simile Eze 26:3; Isa 48:18 (גַּלֵּיהַֿיָּם); figurative of chastisements from ׳י Psa 42:8 (|| מִשְׁבָּרִים) Jon 2:3 (|| id.); of army of Babylon's conqueror Jer 51:42, Jer 51:55; compare Zec 10:11 (VB; but BevJPh xviii. 88 proposes גִּבְלִים compare Eze 27:9).
3 spring, Son 4:12 חָתוּם מַעְיָן נָעוּל גַּל כַּלָּ֑ה אֲחוֺתִי נָעוּל גַּן a garden barred (is) my sister, bride, a spring barred, a fountain sealed; but גַּן for ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 גַּל.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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