גָּלָל
ga.lal
Galal
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Explored# Galal (H1559) — A Rare Hebrew Word Based on the limited data provided, galal appears in the Hebrew Bible only twice, making it one of the language's rarer terms. With just two occurrences, the word's precise semantic range is difficult to establish with certainty. The lexicon entry itself offers minimal definition—simply transliterating it as "galal"—without providing English gloss or usage context that would clarify its exact meaning or function in biblical sentences. The scarcity of this word in biblical texts presents a challenge for understanding its significance. Typically, words appearing only twice offer limited evidence for determining their core meaning, potential metaphorical uses, or theological importance. Without access to the specific verses where galal appears or fuller lexical notes explaining its derivation or related forms, any confident statement about what galal signifies in biblical Hebrew would exceed the information provided. Its rarity alone suggests it may have been an uncommon or specialized term, possibly belonging to a particular register or domain of Hebrew vocabulary, but this remains speculative without additional evidence. To understand this word's actual contribution to biblical meaning, one would need to examine the two biblical passages where it occurs and consult fuller lexical resources that document its context and possible connections to related Hebrew roots.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
1 Chronicles 9:16and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.