Hebrew noun (masculine) · H1530
גַּל
galgal
heap
34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1530is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 29spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1530
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
The King James renders it: billow, heap, spring, wave.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gal is rendered "heap". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:46and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-nine different ways.
The first use
and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
Genesis 31:46גָ֑ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the heap6
- waves its6
- a heap of3
- waves their3
- a heap2
- and waves your2
- heaps2
- into heaps of stones2
- a spring1
- for heaps of stones1
- into the heap1
- like heaps of stones1
and 4 more, 34 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 34, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
29 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- גַּל־3
- הַגַּ֣ל3
- גַּלִּ֥ים2
- גַּ֭ל1
- גַּ֥ל1
- גָ֑ל1
- גַלֵּיהֶם֙1
- גַּלֵּיהֶ֗ם1
- גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃1
- גַ֝לָּ֗יו1
- גַלָּ֖יו1
- גַלָּ֔יו1
and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular6HTd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural4HR/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HNcmpc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2ms
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Genesis
seven uses
and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
- גָ֑לgalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a heap
- הַגָּֽל׃hagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the heap
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
- הַגַּ֨לhagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the heap
Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
- הַגַּ֣לhagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the heap
This 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.
- הַגַּ֣לhagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the heap
- הַגַּ֣לhagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the heap
- הַגַּ֥לhagalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the heap
Joshua
two uses
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.
- גַּל־gal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a heap 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.
- גַּל־gal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a heap of
2 Samuel
one use
They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
- גַּל־gal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a heap of
2 Kings
one use
Have 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.
- גַּלִּ֥יםgalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: heaps
Job
three uses
His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
- גַּ֭לgalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a heap
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
- לְגַלִּֽים׃legalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for heaps of stones
and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
- גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃galeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: waves your
Psalms
five uses
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
- וְ֝גַלֶּ֗יךָvegaleikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and waves your
You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- גַּלֵּיהֶ֗םgaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: waves their
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
- גַ֝לָּ֗יוgalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: waves its
For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
- גַּלָּֽיו׃galavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: waves its
He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
- גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃galeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: waves their
Song of Solomon
one use
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
- גַּ֥לgalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a spring
Isaiah
four uses
Indeed, 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.
- לַגָּ֔לlagalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: into the heap
Have 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.
- גַּלִּ֥יםgalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: heaps
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.
- כְּגַלֵּ֥יkegaleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like waves of
For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- גַּלָּ֑יוgalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: waves its
Jeremiah
six uses
Do 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.
- גַלָּ֖יוgalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: waves its
“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.”
- לְגַלִּ֖יםlegalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: into heaps of stones
Thus 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:
- גַלָּ֔יוgalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: waves its
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
- לְגַלִּ֧ים׀legalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: into heaps of stones
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
- גַּלָּ֖יוgalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: waves its
For 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.
- גַלֵּיהֶם֙galeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: waves their
Ezekiel
one use
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
- לְגַלָּֽיו׃legalavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to waves its
Hosea
one use
Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
- כְּגַלִּ֔יםkegalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like heaps of stones
Jonah
one use
For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
- וְגַלֶּ֖יךָvegaleikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and waves your
Zechariah
one use
They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
- גַּלִּ֔יםgalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: waves
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
