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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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glgl noun sg. emphatic
glgl, glglˀ (galgal, galgəlā) n.m. wheel
1 wheel Com, -OfA -Syr. ▶ more

--(a) ܓܠܓܝܠܐ ܕܫܝܢܐ : olive press wheel CPA.
2 circle Qum. ▶ more

--(a) w. עין: eyeball JLAtg, JBAmb, JBA, LJLA.

(a.1) בית גילגלין : eye sockets JBAmb.

--(b) (astron.) complete shape of the Moon/Sun Qum.

--(c) (of a garment ) circular edge (see also s.v. glgl #2 ?) Sam.

--(d) (astron.) celestial sphere (of the Ptolemaic system) JPAEpig, JBAmb, Man.

--(e) entrails (?) Man.
3 hill Sam.
4 pl: curtain cords (a textual var. to glgˀ; q.v.) Syr.
5 rumbling, thunder Man.