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# גֶּחָל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1513

**coal** — used 16 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/1490/1513/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גַּחֶ֫לֶת: n.f. coal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1513/#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: another headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: coals (12); burning coals (4).

## In the verses

[Psalms 120:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.4/#tree)

חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* arrows of.a.warrior sharpened with burning.coals of.broom.plants

*JPS 1917:* Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.

[2 Samuel 22:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.13/#tree)

מִנֹּ֖גַהּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ בָּעֲר֖וּ גַּחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] brightness before him they.burned coals of.fire

*JPS 1917:* At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1513.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1513/): 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).