ื’ึผึทืœ
Transliteration
gal
Pronunciation
gal
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ื’ึผึธืœึทืœ (H1556)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 353a

Strong’s Definitions

ื’ึผึทืœ gal, gal; from H1556; something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves):—billow, heap, spring, wave.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H1530 in the following manner: heap (18x), wave (14x), spring (1x), billow (1x), of (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H1530 in the following manner: heap (18x), wave (14x), spring (1x), billow (1x), of (1x).
  1. heap, spring, wave, billow

    1. heap (of stones)

      1. over dead body

      2. alone

      3. used in ratifying a covenant

    2. waves (fig. of chastisement of Jehovah)

    3. spring

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ื’ึผึทืœ gal, gal; from H1556; something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves):—billow, heap, spring, wave.
STRONGS H1530: Abbreviations
โ€  ื’ึผึทืœ noun masculineGenesis 31:48 heap, wave, billow (as rolled together, rolling, rolling up), also spring, MT Songs 4:12 compare 3 below โ€” absolute ื’ึผึทืœ Job 8:17 +5 times (including ื”ึทื’ึผึทืœ Genesis 31:48 +); ื’ึผึธึ‘ืœ Genesis 31:46; ื”ึทื’ึผึธึ‘ืœ Genesis 31:46; ืœึทื’ึผึธึ‘ืœ Isaiah 25:2; construct ื’ึผึทืœึพ Joshua 7:26 + 2 times + Genesis 31:47, 48 which see below; plural ื’ึผึทืœึผึดื™ื 2 Kings 19:25 + 6 times; construct ื’ึผึทืœึผึตื™ึพ Isaiah 48:18; suffix ื’ึผึทืœึผึธื™ื• Psalm 89:10 + 6 times; ื’ึผึทืœึผึตื™ื”ึถื Psalm 65:8 + 2 times; โ€”
1. heap of stones,
a. ืื‘ื ื™ื ื’ืณ raised (ื”ืงื™ื) over dead body Joshua 7:26; Joshua 8:29; compare 2 Samuel 18:17 (with ื”ึดืฆึผึดื™ื‘).
b. ื’ึผึทืœ alone Job 8:17 (roots wrapped about it).
c. heap or pile made (ืขืฉื‚ื”) for use in ratifying compact of Jacob with Laban Genesis 31:46 (twice in verse); Genesis 31:48; Genesis 31:51; Genesis 38:52; Genesis 31:52 (twice in verse) compare also ื’ึผึทืœึฐืขึตื“ proper name.
2. waves (rollers) in poetry, only plural, waves of sea Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 31:35; Isaiah 51:15; Job 38:11; Psalm 65:8; Psalm 89:10; Psalm 107:25; Psalm 107:29; compare also in simile Ezekiel 26:3; Isaiah 48:18 (ื’ึผึทืœึผึตื™ึพื”ึทื™ึผึธื); figurative of chastisements from ื™ืณ Psalm 42:8 (|| ืžึดืฉึฐืื‘ึผึธืจึดื™ื) Jonah 2:3 (|| id.); of army of Babylon's conqueror Jeremiah 51:42, 55; compare Zechariah 10:11 (VB; but BevJPh xviii. 88 proposes ื’ึผึดื‘ึฐืœึดื™ื compare Ezekiel 27:9).
3. spring, Songs 4:12 ื’ึผึทืŸ ื ึธืขื•ึผืœ ืึฒื—ื•ึบืชึดื™ ื›ึผึทืœึผึธึ‘ื” ื’ึผึทืœ ื ึธืขื•ึผืœ ืžึทืขึฐื™ึธืŸ ื—ึธืชื•ึผื a garden barred (is) my sister, bride, a spring barred, a fountain sealed; but ื’ึผึทืŸ for ื’ึผึทืœ .
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