גִּיל gîyl — properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
Translated in the KJV as be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.
or (by permutation) גּוּל; a primitive root; properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear.
gîyl in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 26Imperative 8Cohortative 6Jussive 3Wayyiqtol 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›