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gll, gllˀ n.m./f. rock, stone; excrement
1
stone, rock
BT San 109b(29)↗ שקל גלאלא פדעיה לדיאנא‏ : he took a rock and injured the judge
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as material
JBABowl 117.1:5↗ וההוא פ<ת>יכרא רבא דיגלל‏ : that large idol spirit of stone
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hewn stone
OfAEast, BAEzra, JBAmb, JBA, Man
Ezra 6:4↗ נִדְבָּכִין דִּי־אֶבֶן גְּלָל תְּלָתָא‏ : three courses of hewn stone ; JBABowl 78.1:14↗ אחית עליכון טינרא רבה דיגלל‏ : I shall throw down a great flint-rock upon you ; 74702.10004↗ ana [ṭura] rba ḏglala ugurmiza r[ba] ḏprzla : I am the great stone mountain and the great iron mace [sak]
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large chunk of rock
JBA
2
stone stele
Palmyrene
Trf 1.1.9↗ bgllˀ dy lqbl hyklˀ dy rbˀsyrˀ : on the stele opposite the temple of Rabasire
3
small round stones and stone-like objects
BT Ḥul 63a(37)↗ ואתא{י} גללא ופסקיה למוחיה‏ : a hailstone came and split its skull
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hailstone
JBA, Man
JohnBook 41:12↗ glala ḏpilia gaṭla glala ḏpaisa ṭuria : hail that kills elephants, hail that destroys mountains ; SidraDNishmata 75.105:12↗ barda uglala : hail and hailstones ; AM 272:28↗ glala ḏhu barda
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excrement
JBA, Man
BT BQ 92b(37)↗ כלבא לכפניה גלל{{א}}^י^ בלע‏ : a dog devours excrement for its hunger
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as an ingredient
Man
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ܓܠܠܐ ܦܪ̈ܬܚܢܐ : small pieces of fibers
Syr
PetrIb 28:19 ܡܢ ܓ̈ܠܠܐ ܦܪ̈ܬܚܢܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܠܒܘܫܗܘܢ‏ : their clothing was of small pieces of fibers
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usually fem. in Mandaic
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In the meaning "excrement" probably rather a plural of gl #4, and see also s.v. gwlyl n.m.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 238[610]DJBA: 288aJastrow: 250Drower/Macuch: 93a, 93bPayne-Smith ~: 711DNWSI: 224

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