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gᵊlīlā גְלִילָה ‘border’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: feminine of gālīl גָּלִיל ‘turned / circuit’
Roots: גליל

gᵊlīlā n, f
1) circuit, boundary, territory
Galilee = "circuit, district"
n pr loc
2) 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 22:10, 22:11, 13:2 Ezekiel 47:8 Joel 4:4

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