gi.loh is a place name used for a city and as the city from which Ahithophel was summoned.

The supplied verses use the term as a proper place name: it appears in a list of cities in Joshua 15:51 and identifies the city from which Ahithophel was summoned in 2 Samuel 15:12.

1. Place name for a city · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Joshua 15:51, the form stands among Goshen and Holon in a city list; the APB renders the sequence "Goshen, Holon, and Giloh." In 2 Samuel 15:12, it follows "from his city" to specify where Ahithophel was summoned from; the APB renders "from his city, from Giloh."

   Joshua 15:512 Samuel 15:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "Giloh" in both verses: once in a list of cities and once after "from his city." These renderings confirm the verses' place-name usage rather than isolate every detail of the Hebrew form.