Jastrow: גָּלַם

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 B’har, Par. 6, ch. IX; B. Kam. 113ᵇ יכול יִגְלוֹם 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).