*gīl-: 'generation, age-group; people'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*gīl-
Meaning	'generation, age-group; people'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	gîl (Da 1:10) (HALOT 190); pB. gîl, ben gîlô (Jastrow 238)	HALOT 190; Jastrow 238	gloss withheld
Arabic	jīl 'a nation, people, race, tribe, or family of mankind'; 'a generation of men' (Lane 494)	Lane 494

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Notes

HALOT 190 sets the Hebrew with Middle Hebrew and Samaritan gîl, Arabic jīl 'generation' and Sabaic gyl, gwlm 'altogether', files it under gyl, and asks whether it is an Aramaic loan (Wagner 53). Jastrow 238 takes gîl 'circle of coevals' as biblical Hebrew, from gîl 'to form a circle'. Cf. 40 *dawr- 'clan, generation'.

Updated 28 October 2026

*gīl-: 'generation, age-group; people'

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