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H1434

גְּדִלִים

ge.dilH:N-M

tassel

1) twisted threads, tassels, festoons 1a) tassels (on clothes) 1b) festoons (on capitals of columns)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

גְּדִלִים noun [masculine] plural twisted threads (Late Hebrew גְּדִיל, Babylonian gidlu, cord on which onions were strung, a string of onions, ZehnpfBAS i. 511; Aramaic גְּדִילָא, thread, cord, rope, also plaited locks, id.) —

1. tassels Deut 22:12 on border of garment (|| צִיצִת Num 15:38; Num 15:39).
2. festoons, on capitals of columns 1Kgs 7:17.

2 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), I Kings (1)