(Related post, with added author’s comments: Glila, Galut, Geula, Gilui, Galilee, Golan, Gal – What binds them all together? )
Biblical Hebrew assigns names to objects that are meaningful, not merely with respect to their physical properties, but also with regard to their functionality, and ultimately their destination, physically and spiritually.
In this post/podcast, we relate to Gal (two-letter Hebrew word), and contrast it with Gag, addressed in an earlier post/podcast (Agag, Haman the Agagite, Gog, Magog, Gag — What binds them all together? ).
Here is the podcast (without the added author’s comments):
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