גָּלִיל (gālîl) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning turning. It appears
4 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1550).
Also rendered
cylinder
turned
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 353f)
Range of meaning (TWOT 353f)cylinder, rod, circuit, district; valve of a folding door, ring; folding
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
גָּלִילnoun, masculine: cylinder, rod, circuit, district
1.cylinder, rod
2.circuit, district, on northern border of Israel
Strong's H1550גָּלִיל: a valve of a folding door (as turning); also a ring (as round) KJV:folding, ring.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 353: גָּלַלgālal — roll, roll away; roll up, along; garment rolled, in blood; roll oneself over and over; commit, remove, run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow