Lexical Definition

‎גְּדִל‎ gᵉdil (ghed-eel') tassel ^H:N-M
from ‎גָּדַל‎ (in the sense of twisting)

fringe, wreath.

• thread, i.e. a tassel or festoon

1) twisted threads, tassels, festoons
1a) tassels (on clothes)
1b) festoons (on capitals of columns)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גְּדִלִים‎ noun [masculine] plural twisted threads (Late Hebrew ‎גְּדִיל‎, Babylonian gidlu, cord on which onions were strung, a string of onions, Zehnpf^{BAS i. 511}; Aramaic ‎גְּדִילָא‎, thread, cord, rope, also plaited locks, id.) —

1. tassels Deut 22:12 on border of garment (|| ‎צִיצִת‎ Num 15:38; Num 15:39).

2. festoons, on capitals of columns 1Kgs 7:17.

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