Metaphysical meaning of Gallim (mbd)
Gallim, gal'-hm (Heb.)--heaps; rolling waters; rushing waters; fountains; springs.
The home of Palti the son of Laish, to whom Saul gave Michal his daughter, David's wife (I Sam. 25:44). This place is thought to have been a town of Benjamin. Isaiah 10:30 also mentions a place called Gallim, against which the Assyrians were to come.
Meta. Thoughts about life. Because of the activity of the personal will (Saul) and the sense reasonings of the unillumined intellect (Assyrians), devitalizing thoughts are piled up (heaps) in consciousness, and for the time being they keep the fountains of life in a confused, tempestuous state (rolling waters, rushing waters) and keep life from being consciously realized in its purity and truth; therefore the individual is not revitalized and renewed.
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Preceding Entry: Galilee
Following Entry: Gallio
