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H1533H

גִּלְבֹּעַ

gil.bo.aN:N--L

(Mount) Gilboa

Gilboa = "swollen heap" a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan Also named: gil.ad (גִּלְעָד "(Mount )Gilead" H1568K)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

גִּלְבֹּעַ proper name, of a location Gilboa` (derivation unknown), mountain-ridge at southeast end of plain of Jezreel, where Saul & Jonathan were killed; usually with article ׳הַר הַגּ 1Sam 31:1; 1Sam 31:8; 2Sam 1:6 הָרֵי בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ 2Sam 1:21 (David's lament); ׳בַּגּ alone 1Sam 28:4; 2Sam 21:12 without article הַר גִּלְבֹּעַ 1Chr 10:1; 1Chr 10:8 (|| 1Sam 31:1; 1Sam 31:8 above); — modern Jebel Fu‡û±a BdPal 244.

גַּלְגַּל, גִּלְגָּל, גֻּלְֹגּלֶת see below גלל.

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