גָּלִיל

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H1551

Transliteration: Gâlîyl

Pronunciation: gaw-leel'

Definition: Galilee

Original: גּלילה גּליל

Transliteration: gâlı̂yl gâlı̂ylâh

Phonetic: gaw-leel'

BDB Definition:

Galilee = "circuit, district"

a territory in Naphtali largely occupied by heathen; a circuit of towns around Kedesh-Naphtali, in which were situated the 20 towns given by Solomon to Hiram king of Tyre as payment for his work in conveying timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem

Origin: the same as H1550" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1550

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location