BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1554
gal.lim — Gallim
§ Gallim = "springs" a place north of Jerusalem, home town of the man to whom Michal, Saul's daughter, David's wife, was given as wife by Saul even though she was already married to David
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6409
pal.ti.el — Paltiel
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.34.26; son of: Azzan (H5821) § Paltiel or Phaltiel = "God delivers" 1) son of Azzan and prince of the tribe of Issachar appointed as one of the 12 to apportion the land of Canaan 2) son of Laish of Gallim to whom Saul gave Michal in marriage after his mad jealousy had driven David forth as an outlaw
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Heaps, (1 Sam. 25:44; Isa. 10:30). The native place of Phalti, to whom Michal was given by Saul. It was probably in Benjamin, to the north of Jerusalem.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
