גְלִילָה

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H1552

Transliteration: gᵉlîylâh

Pronunciation: ghel-ee-law'

Definition: border

Original: גּלילה

Transliteration: gelı̂ylâh

Phonetic: ghel-ee-law'

BDB Definition:

Galilee = "circuit, district"

circuit, boundary, territory (noun feminine)
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 (noun proper locative)

Origin: from H1550" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1550

TWOT entry: 353g