- גלם
- גָּלַם(b. h.; cmp. גלל) 1) to roll up, to unshape. Denom. גּוֹלֶם. 2) (denom. of גּוֹלֶם) to calculate in a lump, fix an arbitrary price, opp. דקדק to calculate exactly. Sifra Bhar, Par. 6, ch. IX: B. Kam. 113b יכול יִגְלֹום עליו you might think, he (the redeemer of the Jewish slave in possession of a gentile) was permitted to force an arbitrary price upon him (the gentile); (Rashi: (גלם to double) he (the gentile owner) might be permitted to ask an exorbitant price).Part. pass. גָּלוּם, f. גְּלוּמָה 1) wrapt up. Sot.42a, v. גַּלְמוּד. 2) roughly shaped, unfinished. Pl. גְּלוּמִים, גְּלוּמוֹת. Sifré Num. 158, v. גּוֹלֶם. Ex. R. s. 30 מצות גלומות rough laws (containing no details, assigning no reasons; Var. lect. גולמות, גּוֹלָמִיּוֹת, fr. גּוֹלָמִי).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.