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|A town north of Jerusalem ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/20/30#30 2 Nephi 20:30]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/isa/10/30#30 Isaiah 10:30])
|An ancient Israelite place-name ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/20/30#30 2 Nephi 20:30])
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Hebrew gallîm, possibly identical with the town in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_sam/25/44#44 1 Samuel 25:44].<ref>J. Hamilton, “Gallim,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, II:901.</ref> For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.
'''GALLIM''' (from the Hebrew ''gal'' "heap, wave, billow") is the name of an ancient town in Benjamite territory north of Jerusalem mentioned once in the Isaiah section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon.


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 18:55, 15 November 2011

Biblical GN 1. An ancient Israelite place-name (2 Nephi 20:30)

GALLIM (from the Hebrew gal "heap, wave, billow") is the name of an ancient town in Benjamite territory north of Jerusalem mentioned once in the Isaiah section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon.

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