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Galilee = "Circuit"
a region north of Samaria in the time of Jesus (see map)
derivation:
of Hebrew origin (01551)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=1056&version=kjv
(01551)
Galilee = "circuit, district"
derivation:
the same as (01550)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1551&version=kjv
(01550)
1] turning, folding (of doors) n m
2] cylinder, rod
3] circuit, district (on northern border in Naphtali)
derivation:
from (01556)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1550&version=kjv
(01556)
1] to roll, roll away, roll down, roll together 1.a] (Qal) to roll 1.b] (Niphal) 1.b.1] to roll up 1.b.2] to flow down 1.c] (Polel) to roll 1.d] (Poel) to be rolled 1.e] (Hithpolel) to roll oneself 1.f] (Hithpalel) to roll oneself 1.g] (Hiphil) to roll away
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1556&version=kjv
Comment:
As mentioned above, one meaning of the word Galilee" is "circuit". The use of
the word "Galilee", at least in some instances, may therefore be an allusion to
the apparent path, or circuit of the Sun, Moon, and stars, or perhaps heaven in
general. Paragraph 119-c is one very probable instance
in which the use of the word "Galilee" is an allusion to the apparent circuit of
the heaven instead of a reference to the literal Galilee. Another meaning of the
word "Galilee" is the turning or folding of doors. The uses of the words "door"
and "knock" and "open" and "close" in paragraphs 097-b,
101-g, 133-e,
062-d, and 062-e, may therefore
also be allusions to the heaven, as the use of the word "open" in paragraph
009-b certainly is. Another interesting instance in
which a sort of "door" was said to have been "opened " was mentioned in
paragraph 132-g. The other meanings of Galilee and its
roots are also food for thought, especially the meanings "cylinder" and "rod".
The results of such contemplations will nevertheless not be mentioned here, lest
this comment become a book unto itself.
Additional information:
According to
http://members.bib-arch.org/, the territory which the Ten Tribes of Israel eventually occupied was later
conquered by the Assyrians who deported almost everybody. The people from the
coast of the Mediterranean eventually moved eastward into the territory from
which the Ten Tribes of Israel had been largely deported. The northern portion
of that territory eventually became known as Galilee.
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