{"def":{"lit":"circuit","short":"Galilaea (i.e., the heathen circle), a region of Palestine","long":["the name of a region of northern Palestine"]},"deriv":"of Hebrew origin (H1551)","pronun":{"ipa":"ɣɑ.liˈlɛ.ɑ","ipa_mod":"ɣɑ.liˈle.ɑ","sbl":"galilaia","dic":"ga-lee-LEH-ah","dic_mod":"ga-lee-LAY-ah"},"see":["H1551"],"comment":"Galilee is bounded on the north by Syria, on the west by Sidon, Tyre, Ptolemais (and their territories), and the promontory of Carmel, on the south by Samaria and on the east by the Jordan. It was divided into Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee."}