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גָּלָל

galal · because of

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1558 · appears 10 times in the Bible

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What it means

galal (גָּלָל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “because of”.

On account of.

How to say it

ga·lal

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Because of, thanks to.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • because ×8
  • account ×1
  • thanks to you ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 12:13

    Please say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you, and I may stay alive thanks to you.”

  • Genesis 30:27

    Laban said to him, “If, please, I have found favor in your eyes— I have learned by divination that YHWH has blessed me because of you.”

  • Genesis 39:5

    From the time that he appointed him in his house and over all that he had, YHWH blessed the house of the Egyptian because of Joseph; and the blessing of YHWH was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.

  • Deuteronomy 1:37

    Also with me YHWH was incensed because of you, saying, “You too shall not go in there.

  • Deuteronomy 15:10

    You shall freely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because on account of this thing YHWH your Elohim will bless you in all your work and in every undertaking of your hand.

  • Deuteronomy 18:12

    For an abomination to YHWH is everyone who does these things, and because of these abominations YHWH your Elohim is dispossessing them before you.

  • 1 Kings 14:16

    And he will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and with which he made Israel sin.”

  • Jeremiah 11:17

    And YHWH Tsevaot, who planted you, has spoken evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done for themselves to provoke me by burning incense to Baal.”

  • Jeremiah 15:4

    And I will make them an object of dread to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

  • Micah 3:12

    Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of ruins, and the mountain of the house high places of a forest.