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Hebrew wordlink #102926

OSHB Jos 8:29 גַּל (gal) Strongs=1530 Lemma=‘גַּל’
contextual word gloss=‘a_heap_of’ word gloss=‘heap_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1451 TimeSeries=War_with_Canaanites

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Other uses (2) of identical word form גַּל (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘גַּל’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘a_heap_of’.

JOS 7:26 contextual word gloss=‘a_heap_of’ word gloss=‘pile_of’ OSHB JOS 7:26 word 3

OET-LV: 26 And_they _set _up on/upon/above_him/it a _heap _of stones great until the_day the_this and_ YHWH _he _turned _back from_the _burning _of his _anger _of_of therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called the _name _of the _place (the)_that the _valley _of ˊĀkōr until the_day (the)_this. (JOS_7:26)

OET-RV: 26 and piled rocks over them which are still there to this day and Yahweh’s anger subsided. That’s why that place is called ‘Akor’ (i.e., ‘Trouble’) Valley to this day. (JOS 7:26)

2 SAM 18:17 contextual word gloss=‘a_heap_of’ word gloss=‘heap_of’ OSHB 2 SAM 18:17 word 12

OET-LV: 17 And_they _took DOM ʼAⱱīshālōm and_they _threw DOM_him/it in_forest into the_pit (the)_great and_they _set _up on/upon/above_him/it a _heap _of stones great very and_all Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they _fled each to_his _of_tents. (SA2_18:17)

OET-RV: 17 They took Abshalom’s body and threw it into a large pit in the forest and covered it with a large pile of stones. Meanwhile his men fled back to their homes. (SA2 18:17)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘גַּל’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘a_heap’, ‘a_heap_of’, ‘a_spring’, ‘roll_away’, ‘uncover’.