גִּלָּיוֹן
gilayon · tablet; mirror
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1549 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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gilayon (גִּלָּיוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “tablet; mirror”.
A tablet for writing; also a mirror (a polished plate).
How to say it
gi·la·yon
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
- A smooth board one writes on.
- Polished metal one looks at oneself in.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- mirrors ×1
- tablet ×1
Where it appears
- Isaiah 3:23
the mirrors and the linen wraps and the turbans and the mantles.
- Isaiah 8:1
And YHWH said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet, and write on it with the stylus of a man: ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’”