Lexical Definition

‎גָּלָל‎ gâlâl (gaw-lawl') because of ^H:N-M
from ‎גָּלַל‎

because of, for (sake).

• a circumstance (as rolled around)
• only used adverbially, on account of

1) on account of, for the sake of

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎גָּלָל‎] noun [masculine] account, only in construct stative with ‎בְּ‎, ‎בִּגְלַל‎ on account of, for the sake of ( a great and momentous matter; on thy account; compare ‎מִן בִּגְלַל דְּ‎ because that in Palestinian ᵑ7, as Ps 4:9*, and in Jerusalem Syriac PS⁷³¹) Gen 39:5 ‎׳‎‎י‎ blessed the house of the Egyptian ‎בִּגְלַל יוֺסֵף‎ on account of Joseph, Deut 15:10; Deut 18:12; 1Kgs 14:16; Jer 11:17; Jer 15:4 with suffix ‎בִּגְלָלֶ֑ךָ‎ Gen 30:27 ‎בִּגְלָלֵךְ‎ Gen 12:13 ‎בִּגְלַלְכֶם‎ Deut 1:37; Mic 3:12.

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