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גָּלוּ‏ n.f. exile

exile, diaspora (situation) Com^-OA^-OfA^-BA. 4Q545.1.1.4 : בשנ]ת מא[ה וחמשין ותרתין לגל[ו]ת֗ [י]שראל‏ . TgJ Amos1:6 : לָא אַשבוֹק לְהוֹן עַל דְאַגלִיאוּנוּן גָלוּ שַלמָא‏ I shall not forgive them that they exiled a total exile. TgPs69:1 : על גלוות סנהדרין‏ about the exiles of the Sanhedrin [see BT Rosh Hashanah 31a as part of a discussion of psalms to say on certain occasions].

exiles (people) Com^-OA^-OfA^-BA. TgJ Is11:12 : וְגָלְוָת יְהוּדָה יְקָרֵיב מֵאַרבַע רוּחֵי אַרעָא‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 129a; DJBA: 285b; Jastrow: 247; Levy Ch-W: 1:140; DJA: 38b; Cook,Qumran: 45;

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Derivatives:

br glwtˀ n.m. one in exile