גַּלgal

Meanings

Same root

• גָּלַלgâlal · H1556to roll (literally or figuratively)
• גִּלְבֹּעַGilbôaʻ · H1533Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine
• גַּלִּיםGallîym · H1554Gallim, a place in Palestine
• גַּלְעֵדGalʻêd · H1567Galed, a memorial cairn East of the Jordan

Where it appears

Appears 34 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 31:46 Then he told his family members, “Gather some stones.” So they gathered stones and piled them in a heap. Then Jacob and Laban sat down beside the pile of stones to eat a covenant meal.
• Genesis 31:48 Then Laban declared, “This pile of stones will stand as a witness to remind us of the covenant we have made today.” This explains why it was called Galeed—“Witness Pile.”
• Genesis 31:51 “See this pile of stones,” Laban continued, “and see this monument I have set between us.
• Genesis 31:52 They stand between us as witnesses of our vows. I will never pass this pile of stones to harm you, and you must never pass these stones or this monument to harm me.
• Joshua 7:26 They piled a great heap of stones over Achan, which remains to this day. That is why the place has been called the Valley of Trouble ever since. So the Lord was no longer angry.
• Joshua 8:29 Joshua impaled the king of Ai on a sharpened pole and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body, as Joshua commanded, and threw it in front of the town gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today.