גילגול

Hebrew

Root
ג־ל־ג־ל (g-l-g-l)

Noun

גילגול / גִּלְגּוּל • (gíl'gul) m (plural indefinite גִּילְגּוּלִים, plural construct גִּילְגּוּלֵי־) [pattern: קִטּוּל]

1. The act of rolling.
2. The preparation of a cigarette or a joint by folding paper.
3. (biblical, in the plural) idols
4. metamorphosis

References

• “גלגול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H1544 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• גלגול (מכניקה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he