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גִּלְגָּל

Gilgâl · H1537 · Hebrew · proper noun · 40 occurrences

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This name belongs to 3 places

Meanings

  1. Gilgal

    A location close to Jericho, the first camp of the Israelites after crossing the Jordan, where they set up twelve stones as a monument and which later became the location of a cultic center

    Examples

    Joshua 4:19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal, on the eastern edge of Jericho.

    Joshua 4:20 As for those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set them up at Gilgal.

    Joshua 5:9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the shame of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

  2. Gilgal

    Town; in Canaan

    Examples

    Joshua 12:23 the king of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;

  3. Gilgal

    Location, also known as Geliloth; territory of Judah

    Examples

    Joshua 15:7 And the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and turned northward toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south of the valley; and the border continued to the waters of En-shemesh and it ended at En-rogel.

  4. Gilgal

    Location; close to Shechem

    Examples

    Deuteronomy 11:30 “Are they not across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

  5. Gilgal

    Location; near Bethel

    Examples

    2 Kings 2:1 Now it came about, when the LORD was about to bring Elijah up by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah left Gilgal with Elisha.

    2 Kings 4:38 When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting in front of him, he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

20 occurrences in 7 groups

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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Semantic domains 2 entries
Vehicles001003001001019
This code is inherited from the shared listing with the related noun for a wheel (גִּלְגָּל (gilgâl, H1536)) rather than an independent feature of the place name Gilgal's own sense.
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גִּלְגָּל names Gilgal, the site of Israel's first camp after crossing the Jordan, as at Joshua 4:19 — "the people came up from the Jordan... and camped at Gilgal" — and Joshua 4:20 — "Joshua set them up at Gilgal."
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1537. Gilgal II. גִּלְגָּל proper name, of a location (= (sacred) circle of stones;…
H1537. Gilgal
II. גִּלְגָּל proper name, of a location (= (sacred) circle of stones; compare Di on Jos 5:9, where word-play on roll away, off) — with article except Jos 5:9; Jos 12:23; —
1 place east of Jericho, where Israel lay encamped Jos 4:19-20, Jos 5:9-10, Jos 9:6; Jos 10:7, Jos 10:9; Jos 14:6 compare also Mic 6:5 & Jdg 3:19 אֶתהַֿגּ ׳אֲשֶׁר הַמְּסִילִים;? modern Tell Jeljul BdPal 169; perhaps also the place where sacrifices were offered 1Sa 10:8; 1Sa 11:14-15, (twice in verse); 1Sa 13:4, 1Sa 13:7, 1Sa 13:8, 1Sa 13:12, 1Sa 13:15 (in 1Sa 13:15 insert also with other words, Dr compare We) 1Sa 15:12, 1Sa 15:21, 1Sa 15:33; place of illicit sacrifice Hos 4:15; Hos 9:15; Hos 12:12; Amo 4:4; Amo 5:5 (twice in verse), named also Jdg 2:1; 1Sa 7:16; 2Sa 19:16; 2Sa 19:41; ? = הַגִּלְגָּל בֵּית Neh 12:29.
2 place on border between Judah & Benjamin Jos 15:17 (= גְּלִילוֺת Jos 18:17 compare Di).
3 place in Northern Israel, dwelling of prophets 2Ki 2:1; 2Ki 4:38, modern Jiljilie south from Nâbulus, southwest from Seilûn (Shiloh) compare Di RiHWB 518.
4 place in Northern Israel near Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal Deu 11:30, identification with
3 by Ke RiHWB 518 SchenkelBL SS; but compare Di.
5 in phrase לְגִּלְגָּל גּוֺיִם מֶלֶךְ Jos 12:23, in list of Canaanitish kings; probably name of a (northern) district compare Di (B βασιλέα Γεεὶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας — but ᵐ5L & Manuscripts Γοειμ τῆς Γελγελ); Di compare Isaiah 8:23.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

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