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gygl, gyglˀ (giggal, giggəlā) n.f. wheel
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wheel
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EphFid 37:21.1↗ ܓܝܓܠ ܦܚܪܐ‏ : the potter’s wheel ; AphDem23.505:18↗ ܕܒܥܓܠ ܐܝܟ ܓܝܓܠܐ ܡܬܗܦܟܝܢ‏ ; P Is5:28↗ ܘ̈ܓܝܓܠܝܗܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܥܠܥܠܐ‏
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stone covering a tomb
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apap 18:13 ܦܩ݂ܥܘ ܓܝܓ̈ܠܐ ܘܛܪ̈ܢܐ܃ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܣܟܝܪܝܢ ܒܬܪ̈ܥܝ ܩܒܪ̈ܐ ܚܕܪ̈ܝܗ݀ ܕܐܘܪܫܠܡ‏ : the circular stones and large rocks that were sealed in the openings of the tombs surrounding Jerusalem split open
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an instrument of torture
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IVMac11:17↗ ܗܝ݁ܕܝܢ ܐܝܬܝܘܗܝ ܥܠ ܓܝܓܠܐ‏ : then they brought him onto the "wheel"
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round milling or threshing stone
Syr
Geop 85:14↗ ܪܟܝܟܐܝܬ ܘܡܩܠܠܐܝܬ ܐܥܒܪ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܓܝܓܠܐ ܕܪܚܝܐ‏ : pass the mill-stone over them softly and lightly
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ring, circle
Syr
JSmem 9:157↗ ܫ݂ܩܠ ܡܢ ܓܘܫܡܗ ܓܝܓܠܐ ܕܚ݁ܫܐ ܘܣܡ ܒܗ ܐܬ݁ܐ‏ : he took from his body [by circumcision] a painful circle and made a sign of it
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cycle
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GeZA8 8:20 ܒܫܢܬܐ ܕܝܛ܊ ܕܓܝܓܠܐ‏ : in the 19th year of the (Metonic) cycle
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heavenly sphere
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JSBhom 71day4 1215↗ ܣܵܡ ܥܵܒ݁ܽܘܕ̇ܵܐ ܒܗܵܠܸܝܢ ܓܼܝ̈ܓ݁ܠܸܐ ܗܲܠܵܟ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ‏ : the Creator put them (the Sun and the Moon) into these moving spheres [ || ܡܘܙܠܬܐ] ; JBABowl 6.1:11↗ בגיגלי שמיא‏ : by the heavenly spheres
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metaph.: the wheel of fate
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IAB 409:11 text not cited ; JSB4 355:15↗ ܐܬܗܦܟܬ ܠܗ݀ ܓܝܓܠܐ ܘܐܬܘ ܙܒܢ̈ܐ ܒܝ̈ܫܐ‏ : the wheel has turned and the bad times have come ; AQoh.33↗ ܥܠܡܐ ܠܓܝܓܠܐ ܕܡ݁ܐ ܠܗ܃ ܕܡܪܗܛ ܙܒܢ̈ܐ ܘܥ̈ܕܢܐ‏ : the world is like a wheel that moves times and moments along
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a type of angel
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Kays 175:19↗ ܟܪ̈ܘ݂ܒܐ ܣ݁ܓܝ̈ܐܝ ܥܝ̈ܢܐ܂ ܕܡܬܩܪܸܝܢ ܬܘ݂ܒ ܓܝ̈ܓܠܐ ܡܲܠ̈ܠܬܐ‏ : the many-eyed cherubim, that are also called "eloquent wheels"
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a type of chariot (or pars pro toto?)
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JSB5 294:12↗ ܐܣܝܪ̈ܢ ܓܝ̈ܓܠܐ ܒܬܡܗܐ ܪܒܐ ܘܕܒܘܪ̈ܝܗܝܢ‏ : the chariot-wheels were bound in great stupor along with their drivers
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(bot.) wind-blown thistle
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P Ps83:14↗ ܥܒܕ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܓܝܓܠܐ‏
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Some versions have this word for גלגל at Targ. Ps 17:8.
As "wind-blown thistle", possibly simply an error for gl "straw", for which it is a variant at P Is 17:13 (see LS2).

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