GILGAL

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Jaredite GN/Lehite GN 1. JAREDITE/Lehite city (3 Nephi 9:6; Mormon 6:14; Ether 13:27, 29, 30)

Etymology

GILGAL is a JAREDITE/Lehite city mentioned five times in the Book of Mormon. Though Semitic etymologies for this name (mentioned about forty times in the Old Testament) are uncertain, cf. Hebrew gilgฤl, "stone circle; wheel," from the Hebrew verbal root gฤlal "roll (stone) to, roll (stone) away"; cf. Ugaritic PN bn glgl.

See also Gilgal / Gilgall Variant

See GALILEE, GIMGIMNO.

Variants

Gilgall

Deseret Alphabet: ๐˜๐†๐ข๐˜๐Š๐ข, ๐˜๐†๐ข๐˜๐ˆ๐ข

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