Galil (גליל) means cylinder in Hebrew.
It can also mean roll and liar. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
cylinder, roll, liar
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Galil.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1גוף הנדסי בעל צורה של תוף, מורכב משני בסיסים עגולים חופפים ומקבילים והמעטפת שלו היא למעשה מלבן.
יָדָיו גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ; מֵעָיו עֶשֶׁת שֵׁן מְעֻלֶּפֶת סַפִּירִים.
- 2לשון המקראגלגל, אופן.
וּשְׁתֵּי דַלְתוֹת עֲצֵי בְרוֹשִׁים, שְׁנֵי צְלָעִים; הַדֶּלֶת הָאַחַת גְּלִילִים וּשְׁנֵי קְלָעִים, הַדֶּלֶת הַשֵּׁנִית גְּלִילִים.
- 3יריעה שנכרכה לצורת גליל (1).
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Galil is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- גָּלִיל
- Written without vowel points
- גליל
- Said
- galil
- Root
- ג־ל־ל
- Pattern
- קָטִיל
- Plural
- גְּלִילִים
- Inflections
- ר' גְּלִילִים; גְּלִיל־, ר' גְּלִילֵי־
- Gematria
- 73
This is how Galil is said in other languages.
- English
- cylinder, roll, liar
- Arabic
- أسطوانة
- Russian
- цилиндр
- French
- cylindre
These words mean nearly the same as Galil.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Galil.
The word Galil comes from the root ג־ל־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Galil in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Galil.
What does Galil (גליל) mean in Hebrew?
Galil (גליל) means cylinder, roll, and liar. It is said galil, with the stress on lil.
What is a synonym for Galil (גליל)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Galil (גליל) are אצטוונה, צילינדר, אופן, and גלגל.
What rhymes with Galil (גליל)?
Words that rhyme with Galil (גליל) include צליל, גיל, רגיל, חיל, אליל, and פתיל.
Is Galil (גליל) masculine or feminine?
The word Galil (גליל) is a masculine noun, and its plural is גְּלִילִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry גליל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.