- גּוּל
- גּוּל(b. h.; √גו, cmp. גבל) to form a ball, circle; to roll up a scroll of the Law. Y.Yoma VII, 44b top שאין גָּלִיןוכ׳; Y.Meg.IV, 75b bot. שאין גולים (read גָּלִים or גּוֹלְלִ׳, v. גָּלַל) the Book of the Law must not be rolled up (to prepare the place to be read from) in the presence of the congregation. Denom. גְּוִיל, גִּיל. (In b. h. גּוּל or גִּיל to dance, rejoice.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
