H1534 H1534
Wheel or wheelwork (of chariots or Ezekiel's throne-vision); also whirlwind or whirling dust driven before the wind.
A reduplicated noun from the root galal ('to roll'), whose very sound evokes circular motion. In its concrete sense, it refers to wheels -- whether the chariot wheels whose rumbling signals approaching armies (Isa 5:28; Jer 47:3) or the mysterious rotating wheelwork beside the cherubim in Ezekiel's throne-vision (Ezek 10:2, 6, 13). In Ecclesiastes 12:6 it is the wheel at the well, part of the poem's imagery of aging and death. The figurative sense shifts to whirling dust or chaff driven before the wind, a vivid image of enemies scattered by God (Ps 83:13; Isa 17:13). In Psalm 77:18, the thunder of God resounds 'in the whirlwind,' merging the spinning motion with divine theophany.
Senses
1. wheel, wheelwork — A wheel or set of wheels, referring to chariot wheels or the revolving wheelwork in Ezekiel's vision. Isaiah 5:28 and Jeremiah 47:3 describe chariot wheels whose rumbling announces military advance -- Spanish 'ruedas' and French renderings confirm the concrete mechanical sense. In Ezekiel 10:2, 6, 13, the galgal is the turning wheelwork beside the cherubim, and in Ecclesiastes 12:6 it is the wheel at the cistern. The reduplicated form (gal-gal) itself mimics the sound and feel of something rolling. 8×
AR["الْعَجَلَةُ","الْعَجَلَةِ","عَجَلَاتِهِ","هَ-جَلْجَل","وَ-عَجَلَاتُهُ","وَعَجَلَةٍ"]·ben["-চাকাদের","আর-চাকার","এবং-চাকা","ও-তাদের-চাকা","গালগাল","চাকা","তার-চাকার"]·DE["[גלגליו]","[הגלגל]","[וגלגל]","[וגלגליו]","[לגלגל]","der-Gilgal"]·EN["and-his-wheels","and-wheel","his-wheels","the-wheel","the-wheelwork"]·FR["[גלגליו]","[וגלגליו]","et-Guilgal","le-Guilgal","le-roue","pour-Guilgal"]·heb["גלגליו","ה-גלגל","ו-גלגל","ו-גלגליו","ל-גלגל"]·HI["उसके-पहियों","और-उसके-पहिये","और-पहिया","के-पहिये","पहिया"]·ID["dan-roda","dan-roda,","dan-roda-rodanya","roda","roda-putar","roda-roda-itu","roda-rodanya"]·IT["Ghilgal","[גלגליו]","[וגלגל]","[וגלגליו]","[לגלגל]","il-il-wheel"]·jav["lan-rodha","lan-rodha-rodha-nipun","rodha","rodha-punika","rodhipipun"]·KO["그-바퀴라고","그-바퀴의","그들의-바퀴들은","그리고-바퀴와","그의-바퀴들의","바퀴-그"]·PT["a-roda","e-roda","e-rodas-suas","para-a-roda","suas-rodas"]·RU["и-колёс","и-колёса-его","и-повозками","колесо","колёс","колёс-его","круговорот"]·ES["la-rueda","sus-ruedas","y-rueda","y-sus-ruedas"]·SW["gurudumu","magurudumu","magurudumu-yake","magurudumu-yanayozunguka","na-gurudumu","na-magurudumu","na-magurudumu-yao"]·TR["cark","dönen","tekerleklerin","tekerleklerinin","tekerleğin","ve-tekerlek","ve-tekerlekleri","ve-tekerleğin"]·urd["اور-ان-کے-پہیے","اور-پہیا","اور-پہیے","پہیوں-اُس-کے-کی","پہیوں-کے","پہیہ","گلگل"]
2. whirlwind, whirling dust — Whirlwind or whirling dust/chaff driven before the wind, used in vivid figurative language for God scattering enemies. In Psalm 83:13, the psalmist prays 'make them like whirling dust (galgal), like chaff before the wind,' and Isaiah 17:13 uses the same image for nations fleeing before divine rebuke. Psalm 77:18 places God's thunder 'in the galgal' -- the whirlwind as a vehicle of theophany. Spanish 'torbellino' and French 'tourbillon' both capture the spinning, windborne quality that distinguishes this from the mechanical wheel sense. 3×
AR["فِي-الدَّائِرَةِ","كَالْعُصْفَةِ","وَ-كَـ-الزَوْبَعَةِ"]·ben["ও-গুটিকাটার-মতো","ঘূর্ণিবাতাসে","চক্রের-মতো"]·DE["Krieg-in-der-whirlwind","[וכגלגל]","wie-whirling-Staub"]·EN["and-like-whirling-dust","like-whirling-dust","was-in-the-whirlwind"]·FR["[וכגלגל]","comme-tourbillon","dans-tourbillon"]·heb["ב-גלגל","ו-כ-גלגל","כ-גלגל"]·HI["और-गेंद-की-तरह","घूमती-धूल-की-तरह","बा-गल्गल"]·ID["dalam-roda","dan-seperti-debu-berputar","seperti-debu-berputar"]·IT["[וכגלגל]","ruota"]·jav["kados-godhong-ingkang-mubeng","lan-kados-suket-garing","wonten-puser-angin"]·KO["그리고-회오리바람-같이","회오리바람-안에서","회오리바람-처럼"]·PT["como-o-redemoinho","e-como-rolo-de-espinhos","no-redemoinho"]·RU["в-вихре","и-как-перекати-поле","как-перекати-поле"]·ES["como-el-torbellino","en-el-torbellino","y-como-rodillo"]·SW["kama-pumba","katika-kisulisuli","na-kama-vumbi"]·TR["kasırgada","saman-çöpü-gibi","ve-yuvarlanacak-cali-gibi"]·urd["اور-گھومتے-ذرّے-کی-طرح","بِ-گردش","جیسے-گردش"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2719 1. sword, weapon of war (410×)H4196 1. altar (place of sacrifice) (403×)H3701 1. silver (the metal) (391×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H7393 1. chariot, chariotry (117×)H0216 1. light (general / metaphorical) (116×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)H1270 1. iron (metal, tools, weapons; fig. strength/hardness) (76×)H7198 1. bow (weapon) (72×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)H7979 1. table (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גַּלְגַּל n.m. Ec 12:6 wheel, whirl, whirlwind (on format. cf. BaNB 204)—abs. ג׳ Ez 10:2 + 7 times; גַּלְגַּ֑ל ψ 83:14; pl. c. sf. גַּלְגִּלָּיו Is 5:28 Je 47:3;— 1. wheel, a. of war-chariot Is 5:28 Je 47:3, also coll. Ez 23:24; 26:10; perhaps also in Ezekiel’s vision Ez 10:2, 6, 13 (cf. wheelwork) but cf. infr. b. for drawing water Ec 12:6. 2. a. whirl (of dust or chaff) ψ 83:14 Is 17:13, sim.…