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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 29
    spellings

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

The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 26 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

גַּלְגַּלgalgalwheelUses11
גַּלְמוּדgalmudsolitaryUses4
גַּלָּבgallabbarberUses1
גַּלְגַּלgalgalwheelUses1

The words it stands beside

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.

    Genesis 31:46

    • 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.

    Genesis 31:48

    • 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.

    Genesis 31:51

    • 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.

    Genesis 31:52

    • 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.

    Joshua 7:26

    • 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.

    Joshua 8:29

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 18:17

    • 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.

    2 Kings 19:25

    • גַּלִּ֥יםgalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: heaps

Job

three uses
  • His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

    Job 8:17

    • גַּ֭לgalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a heap
  • he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

    Job 15:28

    • 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’?

    Job 38:11

    • 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.

    Psalms 42:7

    • 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.

    Psalms 65:7

    • 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.

    Psalms 89:9

    • 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.

    Psalms 107:25

    • 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.

    Psalms 107:29

    • 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.

    Song of Solomon 4:12

    • 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.

    Isaiah 25:2

    • 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.

    Isaiah 37:26

    • 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.

    Isaiah 48:18

    • 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.

    Isaiah 51:15

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 5:22

    • 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.”

    Jeremiah 9:11

    • 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:

    Jeremiah 31:35

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 51:37

    • לְגַלִּ֧ים׀legalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: into heaps of stones
  • The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.

    Jeremiah 51:42

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 51:55

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 26:3

    • 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.

    Hosea 12:11

    • 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.

    Jonah 2:3

    • 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.

    Zechariah 10:11

    • גַּלִּ֔יםgalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: waves

The letters

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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