gal: a heap, wave, billow Original Word: גָּל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: gal
Phonetic Spelling: (gal)
Short Definition: waves
Word Origin
from galal
Definition
a heap, wave, billow
NASB Translation
billows (1), heap (13), heaps (2), rock garden (1), rock pile (1), ruins (1), stone heaps (1), waves (14).
גַּל noun masculineGenesis 31:48 heap, wave, billow (as rolled together, rolling, rolling up), also spring, ᵑ0 Songs 4:12 compare 3 below — absolute גַּל Job 8:17 5t. (including הַגַּל Genesis 31:48 +); גָּ֑ל Genesis 31:46; הַגָּ֑ל Genesis 31:46; לַגָּ֑ל Isaiah 25:2; construct גַּלֿ Joshua 7:26 + 2t. + Genesis 31:47,48 q.see below; plural גַּלִּים 2 Kings 19:25 6t.; construct גַּלֵּיֿ Isaiah 48:18; suffix גַּלָּיו Psalm 89:10 6t.; גַּלֵּיהֶם Psalm 65:8 2t.; — 1 heap of stones, a. אבנים ׳ג raised (הקים) over dead body Joshua 7:26; Joshua 8:29; compare 2 Samuel 18:17 (with הִצִּיב). b. גַּל alone Job 8:17 (roots wrapped about it). c. heap or pile made (עשׂה) 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 גַּלְעֵד proper name, dual heap of ruins Isaiah 25:2; elsewhere plural Hosea 12:12; 2 Kings 19:25 = Isaiah 37:26; Job 15:28 Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 51:37. 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 (גַּלֵּיהַֿיָּם); figurative of chastisements from ׳י Psalm 42:8 ("" מִשְׁבָּרִים) Jonah 2:3 ("" id.); of army of Babylon's conqueror Jeremiah 51:42,55; compare Zechariah 10:11 (VB; but BevJPh xviii. 88 proposes גִּבְלִים compare Ezekiel 27:9). 3 spring, Songs 4:12 גַּן נָעוּל אֲחוֺתִי כַּלָּ֑ה גַּל נָעוּל מַעְיָן חָתוּם a garden barred (is) my sister, bride, a spring barred, a fountain sealed; but גַּן for גַּל ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9.
billow, heap, spring, wave From galal; something rolled, i.e. A heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves) -- billow, heap, spring, wave. see HEBREW galal
גַ֝לָּ֗יו גַּ֥ל גַּ֭ל גַּלִּ֔ים גַּלִּ֥ים גַּלֵּיהֶ֗ם גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃ גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ גַּלָּ֑יו גַּלָּ֖יו גַּלָּֽיו׃ גַּל־ גַלֵּיהֶם֙ גַלָּ֔יו גַלָּ֖יו גָ֑ל גל גל־ גליהם גליהם׃ גליו גליו׃ גליך׃ גלים הַגַּ֣ל הַגַּ֥ל הַגַּ֨ל הַגָּֽל׃ הגל הגל׃ וְ֝גַלֶּ֗יךָ וְגַלֶּ֖יךָ וגליך כְּגַלִּ֔ים כְּגַלֵּ֥י כגלי כגלים לְגַלִּ֖ים לְגַלִּ֧ים ׀ לְגַלִּֽים׃ לְגַלָּֽיו׃ לַגָּ֔ל לגל לגליו׃ לגלים לגלים׃ gal ḡāl gal- gal·lāw ḡal·lāw gal·lê·hem ḡal·lê·hem gal·le·ḵā gal·lîm galLav gallāw ḡallāw gallêhem ḡallêhem galLeicha galleiHem galleḵā galLim gallîm hag·gal hag·gāl haggal haggāl kə·ḡal·lê kə·ḡal·lîm kəḡallê kegalLei kegalLim kəḡallîm lag·gāl lagGal laggāl lə·ḡal·lāw lə·ḡal·lîm legalLav ləḡallāw legalLim ləḡallîm vegalLeicha wə·ḡal·le·ḵā wəḡalleḵā
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Strong's Hebrew 1530
34 Occurrences
ḡāl — 6 Occ.
ḡal·lāw — 6 Occ.
gal·le·ḵā — 1 Occ.
gal·lê·hem — 3 Occ.
gal·lîm — 3 Occ.
hag·gāl — 6 Occ.
kə·ḡal·lê — 1 Occ.
kə·ḡal·lîm — 1 Occ.
lag·gāl — 1 Occ.
lə·ḡal·lāw — 1 Occ.
lə·ḡal·lîm — 3 Occ.
wə·ḡal·le·ḵā — 2 Occ.
Genesis 31:46
BIB: אֲבָנִ֖ים וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ גָ֑ל וַיֹּ֥אכְלוּ שָׁ֖ם
NAS: and made a heap, and they ate
KJV: and made an heap: and they did eat
INT: stones and made A heap ate thereGenesis 31:46
BIB: שָׁ֖ם עַל־ הַגָּֽל׃
NAS: and they ate there by the heap.
KJV: and they did eat there upon the heap.
INT: there by the heap Genesis 31:48
BIB: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֔ן הַגַּ֨ל הַזֶּ֥ה עֵ֛ד
NAS: said, This heap is a witness between
KJV: said, This heap [is] a witness
INT: said Laban heap This witness Genesis 31:51
BIB: לְיַעֲקֹ֑ב הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ הַגַּ֣ל הַזֶּ֗ה וְהִנֵּה֙
NAS: this heap and behold
KJV: to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold [this] pillar,
INT: to Jacob Behold heap this and behold Genesis 31:52
BIB: עֵ֚ד הַגַּ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה וְעֵדָ֖ה
NAS: This heap is a witness,
KJV: This heap [be] witness,
INT: witness heap This witness Genesis 31:52
BIB: אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־ הַגַּ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה וְאִם־
NAS: by this heap to you for harm, and you will not pass
KJV: that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over
INT: pass about heap this lo Genesis 31:52
BIB: אֵלַ֜י אֶת־ הַגַּ֥ל הַזֶּ֛ה וְאֶת־
NAS: by this heap and this
KJV: to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar
INT: pass about heap this pillar Joshua 7:26
BIB: וַיָּקִ֨ימוּ עָלָ֜יו גַּל־ אֲבָנִ֣ים גָּד֗וֹל
NAS: him a great heap of stones
KJV: over him a great heap of stones
INT: raised over heap of stones A great Joshua 8:29
BIB: וַיָּקִ֤ימוּ עָלָיו֙ גַּל־ אֲבָנִ֣ים גָּד֔וֹל
NAS: it a great heap of stones
KJV: thereon a great heap of stones,
INT: and raised over heap of stones A great 2 Samuel 18:17
BIB: וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ עָלָ֛יו גַּל־ אֲבָנִ֖ים גָּד֣וֹל
NAS: great heap of stones.
KJV: great heap of stones
INT: and erected over heap of stones great 2 Kings 19:25
BIB: וּתְהִ֗י לַהְשׁ֛וֹת גַּלִּ֥ים נִצִּ֖ים עָרִ֥ים
NAS: cities into ruinous heaps.
KJV: cities [into] ruinous heaps.
INT: should be to lay waste heaps ruinous cities Job 8:17
BIB: עַל־ גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ
NAS: wrap around a rock pile, He grasps
KJV: are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth
INT: and A rock his roots wrap Job 15:28
BIB: אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃
NAS: Which are destined to become ruins.
KJV: which are ready to become heaps.
INT: Which are destined ruins Job 38:11
BIB: יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃
NAS: And here shall your proud waves stop'?
KJV: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
INT: be stayed shall your proud waves Psalm 42:7
BIB: כָּֽל־ מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ וְ֝גַלֶּ֗יךָ עָלַ֥י עָבָֽרוּ׃
NAS: Your breakers and Your waves have rolled
KJV: all thy waves and thy billows are gone
INT: All your breakers and your waves over have rolled Psalm 65:7
BIB: יַ֭מִּים שְׁא֥וֹן גַּלֵּיהֶ֗ם וַהֲמ֥וֹן לְאֻמִּֽים׃
NAS: The roaring of their waves, And the tumult
KJV: the noise of their waves, and the tumult
INT: of the seas the roaring of their waves and the tumult of the peoples Psalm 89:9
BIB: הַיָּ֑ם בְּשׂ֥וֹא גַ֝לָּ֗יו אַתָּ֥ה תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃
NAS: of the sea; When its waves rise,
KJV: of the sea: when the waves thereof arise,
INT: of the sea arise waves You still Psalm 107:25
BIB: סְעָרָ֑ה וַתְּרוֹמֵ֥ם גַּלָּֽיו׃ ׆
NAS: Which lifted up the waves of the sea.
KJV: which lifteth up the waves thereof.
INT: A stormy lifted the waves Psalm 107:29
BIB: לִדְמָמָ֑ה וַ֝יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃
NAS: to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed.
KJV: a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
INT: to be still were hushed the waves Songs 4:12
BIB: אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּ֑ה גַּ֥ל נָע֖וּל מַעְיָ֥ן
NAS: [my] bride, A rock garden locked,
KJV: [my] spouse; a spring shut up,
INT: is my sister bride A rock locked A spring Isaiah 25:2
BIB: שַׂ֤מְתָּ מֵעִיר֙ לַגָּ֔ל קִרְיָ֥ה בְצוּרָ֖ה
NAS: a city into a heap, A fortified
KJV: of a city an heap; [of] a defenced
INT: have made A city A heap city A fortified Isaiah 37:26
BIB: וּתְהִ֗י לְהַשְׁא֛וֹת גַּלִּ֥ים נִצִּ֖ים עָרִ֥ים
NAS: cities into ruinous heaps.
KJV: cities [into] ruinous heaps.
INT: you should turn heaps ruinous cities Isaiah 48:18
BIB: שְׁלוֹמֶ֔ךָ וְצִדְקָתְךָ֖ כְּגַלֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם׃
NAS: And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
KJV: and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
INT: your well-being and your righteousness the waves of the sea Isaiah 51:15
BIB: הַיָּ֔ם וַיֶּהֱמ֖וּ גַּלָּ֑יו יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת
NAS: up the sea and its waves roar
KJV: the sea, whose waves roared:
INT: the sea roar waves LORD of hosts Jeremiah 5:22
BIB: יוּכָ֔לוּ וְהָמ֥וּ גַלָּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א יַעַבְרֻֽנְהוּ׃
NAS: over it. Though the waves toss,
KJV: that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss
INT: prevail roar the waves cannot over 34 Occurrences
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