Lexical Definition

‎גְּלִילוֹת‎ Gᵉlîylôwth (ghel-ee-lowth') Geliloth ^N:N--L
plural of ‎גְלִילָה‎; circles

Geliloth.

• § Geliloth = "circuits"
• Geliloth, a place in Palestine

1) a place on Judah and Benjamin's border

Extended Information

name of: גִּלְגָּל

• Geliloth = "circuits"
• Another name of gil.gal (‎ג‎ִּ‎ל‎ְ‎ג‎ָּ‎ל‎ "Gilgal" גִּלְגָּל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גְּלִילוֺת‎ proper name, of a location (strictly plural of foregoing; probably = circles of stones, ᵑ9 tumuli, compare Di)

1. Josh 18:17 (compare ‎הַגִּלְגָּל‎ Josh 15:7), place on border between Benjamin & Judah.

2. locality described as follows:
a. ‎הַיַּרְדֵּן אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן‎ ‎׳‎‎אֶלגֿ‎ Josh 22:10 unto Geliloth (= the circles) of Jordan which is in the land of Canaan; (ᵐ5 Γαλγαλα, ᵐ5^L Γαλιλωθ).
b. ‎אֶלמֿוּל אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֶלגְּֿלִילוֺת‎ ‎הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶלעֵֿבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ vJosh 22:11 in front of the land of Canaan, in Geliloth of Jordan, beyond the sons of Israel (ᵐ5 Γαλααδ, ᵐ5^L omitted) see Di; yet compare Dr^{Intr. 106 n.} Others render ‎׳‎‎ג‎ here circuit of Jordan = ‎כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן‎; districts VB, compare ‎גְּלִילָה‎.

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