Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #151414

OSHB 2 Sam 18:17 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=-1023 TimeSeries=Reign_of_David

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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)

JOS 8:29 contextual word gloss=‘a_heap_of’ word gloss=‘heap_of’ OSHB JOS 8:29 word 27

OET-LV: 29 And_DOM the _king _of (the)_ˊAy he _hanged on the_tree until the _time _of the _evening and_just_as _went the_sun Yəhōshūˊa he _commanded and_they _took _down DOM corpse _of_his from the_tree and_they _threw it to the _entrance _of the _gate _of the_city and_they _set _up on/upon/above_him/it a _heap _of stones great until the_day (the)_this. (JOS_8:29)

OET-RV: 29 He hanged the king of Ay on a tree, but as the sun was going down, he commanded that the corpse be brought down from the tree. They threw it into the city gateway and piled a big heap of rocks on top of it which is still there today. (JOS 8:29)

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’.