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29:3 (cf 8, 10) – “When all the flocks were gathered there, the stone would be rolled <\/span>vegalelu<\/span><\/em> from the mouth of the well and the sheep watered; then the stone would be put back in its place on the mouth of the well.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Most Hebrew roots have three consonants (<\/span>g-d-l<\/span><\/em>, \u201cbig, large,\u201d <\/span>k-d-sh<\/span><\/em>, \u201choly\u201d). Some however are essentially two consonants, with one of them repeated. That is the case with the word in question today. The basis root here is <\/span>g-l<\/span><\/em>, with the added \u201cl\u201d at the end: <\/span>g-l-l<\/span><\/em>. As we see from the passages in today\u2019s chapter, <\/span>g-l-l<\/span><\/em> means \u201croll.\u201d Above we see the form <\/span>galelu<\/span><\/em>, \u201cthey rolled\u201d (or would roll), and in 29:10, is the singular <\/span>vayagel<\/span><\/em>, (note – only one \u201cl\u201d) as Jacob rolled off the large stone covering the well. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many other words are formed from these two letters <\/span>g-l<\/span><\/em>, having to do with roll, wave, or cyclicity of various forms. The basic word <\/span>gal<\/span><\/em> means \u201cwave,\u201d whether <\/span>galei yam<\/span><\/em>, \u201cocean waves,\u201d or <\/span>galei tzahal<\/span><\/em>, the \u201cwaves\u201d of Tzahal (the IDF), the army radio station (\u201cradio waves\u201d). <\/span><\/p>\n

Repeat not just the last letter, but the whole syllable, and you get <\/span>galgal<\/span><\/em>,<\/em> \u201cwheel.\u201d This is relevant for many “wheeled” inventions: <\/span>galgaliot<\/span><\/em> are “roller skates,” a <\/span>galgelet<\/span><\/em> is a “pulley,” and every gymnast knows <\/span>galgalon<\/span><\/em>, “cartwheel.” You can \u201croll your own\u201d, <\/span>legalgel<\/span><\/em> (smoking \u00a0materials of choice), and your own (soul, that is) can be \u201crolled,\u201d or reincarnated, in <\/span>gilgul neshamot<\/span><\/em>. <\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Back to <\/span>g-l-l<\/span><\/em>: <\/span><\/i>What we now call a “book” is technically a codex, a bound set of papers with writing on both sides. Books of this sort came into being in the first and second centuries, supplanting the previous print technology, the scroll, known in Hebrew as the <\/span>megillah<\/span><\/em> (such as that of Esther read tonight! (in 2022 that is…) from this root. While we call the biggest scroll in our tradition a <\/span>sefer<\/span><\/em> \u00a0<\/em>– the <\/span>sefer Torah<\/span><\/em> – when we roll it back up to return to the Ark, we call it <\/span>gelilah<\/span><\/em>, \u201crolling,\u201d or perhaps, even \u201cscrolling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ironically, the same digital technologies that are threatening to make the printed book extinct have brought “scroll” back in fashion. But this time the word is a verb involving a computer mouse, rather than a noun involving an ink quill.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":103003,"id":103003,"title":"-62305d91eaf41--62305d91eaf43gen29-milim galal.jpg","filename":"62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal.jpg.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal.jpg.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/milimilim-the-hebrew-corner-gen-29\/62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal-jpg\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal-jpg","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":38354,"date":"2022-03-15 09:34:09","modified":"2022-03-15 09:37:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":960,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal.jpg-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal.jpg-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal.jpg-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal.jpg.jpg","large-width":960,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal.jpg.jpg","1536x1536-width":960,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal.jpg.jpg","2048x2048-width":960,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal.jpg.jpg","post_full_size-width":960,"post_full_size-height":720,"home_baner":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/62305d91eaf41-62305d91eaf43gen29-milim-galal.jpg-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":"

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