Jastrow: גַּלְגַּל

גַּלְגַּל m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) wheel, esp. the wheel-work at wells, crane &c. Midd. V, 4. Tosef. B. Bath. II, 16 בית גולגל לרבים ed. Zuck. (Var. גילגל) a public well. B. Bath. IV, 5 את הג׳ the crane of the wine or oil press, v. חוּמַרְתָּא. Erub. X, 14; a. fr. —2) globe, celestial sphere, esp. the sphere of the zodiac. Yoma 20ᵇ, a. e. ג׳ חמה the revolution of the Sun. Pes. 94ᵇ ג׳ קבוע ומזלות וכ׳ the sphere of the zodiac is stationary, and the planets make the circuit; ג׳ חוזר וכ׳ the sphere (wheel) turns around and the planets are stationary; a. fr.—B. Bath. 16ᵇ Ms. M. מה עדש זה דומה לג׳ וכ׳ as the lentil resembles a sphere, so is mourning a sphere making a circuit in the world; (diff. in ed., v. גִּלְגֵּל); Yalk. Gen. 110 מה עדשים האלו ג׳ וכ׳. —3) the eye-ball. Gen. R. s. 42; Lev. R. s. 11; Ruth R. introd. 6 (ref. to עין משפט Gen. XIV, 7) ג׳ עינו של עולם the eye-ball of the world (Abraham). Snh. 108ᵃ בשביל ג׳ העין וכ׳ on account of (the covetousness of) the eye-ball (v. next w.); a. e.—Pl. גַּלְגִּלִּים. Makhsh. III, 8 wheel works. B. Bath. 58ᵃ שני גַּלְגִּלִּי חמה two Sun-globes.—Y. Nidd. III, 50ᶜ bot. ג׳ אדם וכ׳ the apples of man’s eyes are round.—Trnsf. the rotation of fortune, changes (v. B. Bath. 16ᵇ quot. above). Sabb. 151ᵇ (ref. to בִּגְלַל Deut. XV, 10) ג׳ הוא וכ׳ a wheel rotates in this world, i.e. changes of fortune take place constantly; Ex. R. s. 31, a. e.—3) (= גַּרְגַּר) globule, grain. Sabb. 64ᵇ; 65ᵃ, v. גַּרְגַּר.—Pl. as above. Y. Maasr. V, end, 52ᵃ; Tosef. ib. III, 14 Egyptian beans are those שגַּלְגִּלֵּיהֶן חדין (ed. Zuck. גלוגל׳, Var. גלגל הן, corr. acc.) whose globules are pointed.