gal denotes a piled mass of stones or ruins and, in sea contexts, waves.

The dominant use denotes a gathered mass, especially stones piled over a person or a city reduced to ruin; in a second, common use, plural forms occur in clauses about the sea’s moving, roaring, lifted, or restrained waves. A few supplied verses leave the term’s specific contribution less visible in the translation, but their forms occur within these same two contextual patterns.

1. Piled stones and ruined city masses · dominant

   Singular forms occur where stones are gathered or raised: in Genesis 31:46 the APB renders that stones were made into a heap, and in Joshua 7:26 it renders a great pile raised over him. The same use extends to devastation in Isaiah 25:2 and Jeremiah 51:37, where the APB describes a city or Babylon as a ruined mass.

   Genesis 31:46Genesis 31:52Joshua 7:26Joshua 8:29Isaiah 25:2Jeremiah 51:37
2. Waves of the sea · common

   Plural forms occur in sea clauses: in Ezekiel 26:3 the APB renders the sea bringing up its waves, while Jeremiah 5:22 describes waves that toss and roar but cannot cross the boundary. Psalm 107:25 and Psalm 107:29 place them in a storm that is raised and then hushed.

   Ezekiel 26:3Isaiah 51:15Jeremiah 5:22Job 38:11Psalm 107:25Psalm 107:29

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as “heap” in stone-piling and ruined-city contexts and as “waves” in sea contexts. These renderings confirm the surrounding clauses rather than assign every English occurrence directly to the Hebrew form.