Seph. Heb. /geel goohl"/ ; Ashk. Heb. /gil"gool/ , n. , pl. gilgulim Seph. Heb. /geel gooh leem"/ ; Ashk. Heb. /gil gooh"lim/ . Jewish Folklore.
the soul of a dead person that passes into another living body to assume a new existence and atone for past sins. Cf. dybbuk .
[ gilgl lit., transmigration, metamorphosis gilgul metamorphosis, lit., rolling, revolving ]