Word Study · Strong's H1530 · Hebrew
גַּל
gal
gal
“something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
Rendered in the KJV as
billow, heap, spring, wave.
- 34occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 13 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 29inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 34 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 29
- גַּל־3
- הַגַּ֣ל3
- גַּלִּ֥ים2
- גַּ֭ל1
- גַּ֥ל1
- גָ֑ל1
- גַלֵּיהֶם֙1
- גַּלֵּיהֶ֗ם1
- גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃1
- גַ֝לָּ֗יו1
- גַלָּ֖יו1
- גַלָּ֔יו1
and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 16
- the heap6
- waves its6
- a heap of3
- waves their3
- a heap2
- and waves your2
- heaps2
- into heaps of stones2
- [are] like heaps of stones1
- a spring1
- for heaps of stones1
- into the heap1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 12
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular6
- preposition + noun · masculine plural4
- noun · masculine plural3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3
- noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 6
- HTd/Ncmsa · 6
- HR/Ncmpa · 4
- HNcmpa · 3
- HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 3
- HNcmsa · 3
- HNcmsc · 3
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp2ms · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 34, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis7 occurrences
- Genesis 31:46גָ֑לgalnoun · masculine singularand he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.here: a heap
- Genesis 31:46הַגָּֽל׃hagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.here: the heap
- Genesis 31:48הַגַּ֨לhagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.here: the heap
- Genesis 31:51הַגַּ֣לhagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularLaban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.here: the heap
- Genesis 31:52הַגַּ֣לhagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThis mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.here: the heap
- Genesis 31:52הַגַּ֣לhagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThis mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.here: the heap
- Genesis 31:52הַגַּ֥לhagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThis mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.here: the heap
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 7:26גַּל־gal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.here: a heap of
- Joshua 8:29גַּל־gal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.here: a heap of
Job3 occurrences
- Job 8:17גַּ֭לgalnoun · masculine singularHis roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.here: a heap
- Job 15:28לְגַלִּֽים׃legalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralhe will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.here: for heaps of stones
- Job 38:11גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃galeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularand I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?here: waves your
Psalms5 occurrences
- Psalms 42:7וְ֝גַלֶּ֗יךָvegaleikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularDeep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.here: and waves your
- Psalms 65:7גַּלֵּיהֶ֗םgaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYou stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.here: waves their
- Psalms 89:9גַ֝לָּ֗יוgalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularYou rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.here: waves its
- Psalms 107:25גַּלָּֽיו׃galavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFor He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.here: waves its
- Psalms 107:29גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃galeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralHe calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.here: waves their
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 25:2לַגָּ֔לlagalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIndeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.here: into the heap
- Isaiah 37:26גַּלִּ֥יםgalimnoun · masculine pluralHave you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.here: heaps
- Isaiah 48:18כְּגַלֵּ֥יkegaleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.here: like [the] waves of
- Isaiah 51:15גַּלָּ֑יוgalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFor I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.here: waves its
Jeremiah6 occurrences
- Jeremiah 5:22גַלָּ֖יוgalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularDo you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.here: waves its
- Jeremiah 9:11לְגַלִּ֖יםlegalimpreposition + noun · masculine plural“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”here: into heaps of stones
- Jeremiah 31:35גַלָּ֔יוgalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:here: waves its
- Jeremiah 51:37לְגַלִּ֧ים׀legalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralBabylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.here: into heaps of stones
- Jeremiah 51:42גַּלָּ֖יוgalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.here: waves its
- Jeremiah 51:55גַלֵּיהֶם֙galeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralFor the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.here: waves their