BDB1656
II. גָּלִיל noun masculine cylinder, rod, circuit, district; —
1.
cylinder, rod, only plural construct גְּלִילֵי
כֶסֶף
Esth 1:6 of
support of rich hangings (|| עַמּוּדֵי
שֵׁשׁ); & גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ
Song 5:14,
simile of (? fingers of) hands: cylinders of gold set with topaz.
2.
circuit, district, on northern border of Israel in Naphtali (see below), population largely
heathen (Late Hebrew id. Aramaic גְּלִילָא,
[untranscribed source text 918]) — גְּלִיל הַגּוֺיִם
Isa 8:23
elsewhere = proper name [of a location] always with article Josh 20:7; Josh 21:32; 1Chr 6:61 all ׳
קֶדֶשׁ בַּגּ; ׳
אֶרֶץ הַגּ
1Kgs 9:11, so
also
ᵐ5
Josh 12:23
(compare Di) for גִּלְגַּל q. v.; הַגָּלִ֫ילָה
Galilee, 2Kgs 15:29 (|| אֶרֶ֖ נַפְתָּלִי) Ew§ 173 h n
Sta§ 308 a 2 Ges§ 90 f.