Hebrew word · H1559

גָּלָל

galal

Galal

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.16;

son of: Jeduthun (H3038H);

father of: Shemaiah (H8098F)

§ Galal = "influential"

1) a Levite, one of the sons of Asaph

2) a third Levite, son of Jeduthun

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 9:15 וְגָלָ֑ל and Galal

    Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

    Here: The third Levite. The same name turns up in verse 16 as an ancestor in Jeduthun's line, which hints that the name ran in the singers' families.

  2. 1 Chronicles 9:16 גָּלָ֖ל Galal

    Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

    Here: A Levite name. The meaning is uncertain; it may come from the root "to roll". Another Galal appears in verse 15. Both names occur among the singers' families, but the verse does not say they are the same man.

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 11:17 גָּלָ֖ל Galal

    Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

    Here: A Levite ancestor. The name's meaning is uncertain.

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