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גָּלַם

ga.lam

to fold

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Strong’s H1563Verb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

he folded it up1

In the text

2 Kings 2:8וַיִּגְלֹם
And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[גָּלַם] vb. wrap up, fold, fold together 2 K 2:8

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.