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glyl (glīl, glīlā) n.m. round object; region
a type of round topographical feature or region
JLAtg, Gal, Syr, Man
TgJ Jos22:10↗ וַאְתוֹ לִגלִילֵי יַרדְנָא‏ ; VR 990:1 (1)↗ חד אמ׳ כאילין גליליא דציפורי וחרן אמ׳ כאילין רגביא דטבריא‏ : one says it is like those round things(??) of Sepphoris, while another says it like those clods(??) of Tiberias ; P Jos13:2↗ ܓܠܝܠܐ ܕܦܠܫ̈ܬܝܐ‏ ; P Ez47:8↗ ܡ̈ܝܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܢܦ݁ܩܝܢ ܠܓܠܝܠܐ/ܠܓܝܓܠܐ/ ܕܒܡܕܢܚܐ ܘܢܚ݁ܬܝܢ ܠܓܪܒܝܐ‏ : these waters that emerge toward the round region on the east and descend toward the north ; BBah 923:9↗ ܓܠܝ݂ܠ ܓܝܪ ܘܪܡ‏ : (the Carmel) is round and high
(1)
the Galilee
JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, CPA, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Ez47:8↗ מַיָא הָאִלֵין נָפְקִין בִגלִילָה מִמַדנְחָא‏ : [=MT הַמַּיִם הָאֵלֶּה יוֹצְאִים אֶל־הַגְּלִילָה הַקַּדְמוֹנָה] ; TrShem 2b:29↗ וערב{ ג}<ו>בה יהוי בגלילה ומרדא בערבייה‏ : there will be rioting in the Galilee and rebellion in Arabia ; PTMaSh 56.c:10[2]↗ בני גלילא עילאה בני גלילא ארעייתא‏ : residents of the upper Galilee and the lower Galilee ; IMac7a1 5:14↗ ܘܗܐ ܡܠܐ̈ܟܐ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܐ ܐܬܘ ܡܢ ܓܠܝܠܐ ܟܕ ܡܨܪܝܢ ܢܚ̈ܬܝܗܘܢ‏ : other messengers came from the Galilee with torn clothes ; Tobit(Med) 3.8 chap 1↗ תשבי קרתא דנפתלי דבגלילא‏ : Tishbi, a city of Naphtali in the Galilee
(2)
circle of stones
Syr
P Jos18:17↗ ܓܠܝܠܐ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܡܣܩܢܐ‏
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In general in our JLA mss., when the meaning is other than "the Galilee" it is vocalized as גלִיל, while as the "the Galilee" it is vocalized as גָלִילָא, with variants of course.
The DJBA entry "perh. cycle" is a ghost entry, see Ford, "Contribution ..." pp. 88ff.

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