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# גַּחֶלֶת

Biblical Hebrew

**coal** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

coal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5d7_5b6_5dc_5b6_5ea/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גַּחֶ֫לֶת: n.f. coal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5d7_5b6_5dc_5b6_5ea/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Ez 1:13 coal (cf. Assyrian guḫlu, a shining precious stone? COTGloss. ZimBP 45)—abs. גַּחֶלֶת Is 47:14; sf. גַּחַלְתִּי 2 S 14:7; pl. גֶּחָלִים ψ 18:9 + 6 times; cstr. גַּחֲלֵי Lv 16:12 + 5 times + ψ 18:14 (del. 𝔊 De Che) sf. גֶּחָלָיו Is 44:19, גֶּחָלֶיהָ Ez 24:11;—coal, pl. ג׳ אֵשׁ coals of fire Lv 16:12 (P), 2 S 22:13 = ψ 18:13 \[also ψ 18:14 cf. supr.\] Ez 10:2 (in vision); cf. 2 S 22:9 = ψ 18:9 Jb 41:13, also Pr 6:28 Is 44:19; in simile (of strife) Pr 26:21 (opp. פֶּחָם black coal); Ez 1:13 גַּחֲלֵי אֵשׁ (of the living creatures); fig. of hope in posterity 2 S 14:7, of divine judgment, ג׳ רתם coals of broom-plant ψ 120:4, cf. 140:11, also (negat.) Is 47:14 Ez 24:11; of kindness to enemy Pr 25:22.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: coal (2).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 47:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.14/#tree)

הִנֵּ֨ה הָי֤וּ כְקַשׁ֙ אֵ֣שׁ שְׂרָפָ֔תַם לֹֽא־יַצִּ֥ילוּ אֶת־נַפְשָׁ֖ם מִיַּ֣ד לֶֽהָבָ֑ה אֵין־גַּחֶ֣לֶת לַחְמָ֔ם א֖וּר לָשֶׁ֥בֶת נֶגְדּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* there! they.have.become like chaff a.fire it has.burned.them not they.will.deliver (et) self their from.\[the\] hand of.\[the\].flame there.\[will\].not.\[be\] coal to be.warm a.fire to sit before it

*JPS 1917:* Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.

[2 Samuel 14:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.7/#tree)

וְהִנֵּה֩ קָ֨מָה כָֽל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֜ה עַל־שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ תְּנִ֣י ׀ אֶת־מַכֵּ֣ה אָחִ֗יו וּנְמִתֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁ אָחִיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָרָ֔ג וְנַשְׁמִ֖ידָה גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַיּוֹרֵ֑שׁ וְכִבּ֗וּ אֶת־גַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁאָ֔רָה לְבִלְתִּ֧י שִׂים־לְאִישִׁ֛י שֵׁ֥ם וּשְׁאֵרִ֖ית עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and there! it.has.risen.up all the clan on maidservant your and they.have.said deliver.up (et) the.\[one.who\].struck.down brother (of).his so that we.may.put.him.to.death for the.life his.brother his whom he.killed and so.that.we.may.destroy also (et) the heir and they.will.extinguish (et) coal my which it.is.left to not to.establish for husband my a.name and a.remnant on the.surface of the.ground

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they said: Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5d7_5b6_5dc_5b6_5ea.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5d7_5b6_5dc_5b6_5ea/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).