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gālīl גָּלִיל ‘Galilee’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as gālīl גָּלִיל ‘turned / circuit’
Roots: גליל

gālīl pr n loc
Galilee = "circuit, district"
1) 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

Mentioned in Joshua 20:7, 21:32 1 Kings 9:11 2 Kings 15:29 Isaiah 8:23 1 Chronicles 6:61

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