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( ÃáëáÜä , 1Ma_5:9; 1Ma_5:55; Jdt_1:8; Jdt_15:5) and THE COUNTRY OF GALAAD ( ἡ Ãáëááäῖôéò , Galaaditis, 1Ma_5:17; 1Ma_5:20; 1Ma_5:25; 1Ma_5:27; 1Ma_5:36; 1Ma_5:45; 1Ma_13:22), a Graecized form of the word GILEAD SEE GILEAD (q.v.). Ga'lal (Heb. Galal', âָּìָì , perhaps weighty; Sept. Ãùëήë , ÃáëÝë , ÃáëáÜë ), the name of two Levites after the exile.
1. A descendant of Jeduthun, and father of Shemaiah or Shammua (1Ch_9:16; Neh_11:17), B.C. ante 536.
2. One of those who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites and served at Jerusalem (1Ch_9:15), A.D. 536.