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The Bible refers to this place as Givat Ha'aralot, then says that Joshua called the place Gilgal because, in his words, "today I have removed (galoti) the shame of Egypt from upon you." [5] Some scholars speculate that the circle of 12 stones was the (unnamed) religious sanctuary that was condemned in Amos 4:4 and 5:5 and Hosea 4:15. [6]
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The name is sometimes romanized as Rujm Hiri or Rujum al-Hiri. Rogem Hiri is a Modern Hebrew phonetic adaptation of the Arabic name Rujm el-Hiri. [2] A modern Hebrew name used for the site is Gilgal Refaʾim, "Wheel of Spirits" or "Wheel of Ghosts", as refa'im means "ghosts" or "spirits". [7] [8]
Gilgal was established in 1970 as a Nahal settlement, and was named for the ancient biblical site of Gilgal. [5] It was converted to a civilian kibbutz in 1973. [6]According to ARIJ, in order to construct Gilgal, Israel confiscated land in 1970 from two Palestinian villages: 858 dunams from Fasayil, [7] and 268 dunams from Al-Auja.
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
Gilgal I (Hebrew: גלגל) is an archaeological site in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, dated to the early Neolithic period. The site is located 8 mi (13 km) north of ancient Jericho . [ 1 ] The features and artifacts unearthed at Gilgal I shed important light on agriculture in the Levant . [ 2 ]
Gilgul (also Gilgul neshamot or Gilgulei HaNeshamot; Heb. גלגול הנשמות , Plural: גלגולים Gilgulim) is a concept of reincarnation or "transmigration of souls" [1] in Kabbalistic esoteric mysticism.
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