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# גֻּלָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1543

**basin** — used 15 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

basin [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1543/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גֻּלָּה²: n.f. basin, bowl n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1543/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. basin, bowl—ג׳ Zc 4:3 + v 2 cf. infr.; cstr. גֻּלַּת Ec 12:6; pl. abs. גֻּלֹּת Jos 15:19(×2) + 2 times; ־וֹת 2 Ch 4:12; cstr. גֻּלֹּת (־וֹת) 1 K 7:41 (הַגּ׳ Th, so ‖ 2 Ch 4:12 cf. Be), v 41 + 3 times;— basin (pool, well?) ג׳ מַיִם Jos 15:19 = Ju 1:15; om. מ׳ Jos 15:19(×2) = Ju 1:15(×2) (prob. old n.pr.loc., cf. Di). bowl, of lamp, i.e. oil-receptacle Zc 4:3, also v 2, where MT גֻּלָּהּ as if from \[גֹּל\]; read גֻּלָּה Brd Ges§ 91. 1, R. 2.; (\> Hi-St Bö§ 734 b De on ψ 27:5 Sta§ 347 c, who think גֻּלָּהּ = גֻּלָּתָהּ);—so also Ec 12:6 גֻּלַּת הַזָּהָב. of bowl- or globe-shaped portion of capitals of the two pillars in temple 1 K 7:41(×2), 42 = 2 Ch 4:12(×2), 13.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: springs (6); the bowls (5); the bowl (2).

## In the verses

[Zechariah 4:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.4.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.4.3/#tree)

וּשְׁנַ֥יִם זֵיתִ֖ים עָלֶ֑יהָ אֶחָד֙ מִימִ֣ין הַגֻּלָּ֔ה וְאֶחָ֖ד עַל־שְׂמֹאלָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and two olive.trees \[were\].at it one \[was\].from the.right.side of the.bowl and one \[was\].at side its.left

*JPS 1917:* and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.'

[Ecclesiastes 12:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.6/#tree)

עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יֵרָתֵק֙ חֶ֣בֶל הַכֶּ֔סֶף וְתָרֻ֖ץ גֻּלַּ֣ת הַזָּהָ֑ב וְתִשָּׁ֤בֶר כַּד֙ עַל־הַמַּבּ֔וּעַ וְנָרֹ֥ץ הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל אֶל־הַבּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* until that not it.will.be.snapped the.cord of.(the) silver and it.will.be.crushed the.bowl of.(the) gold and it.will.be.broken \[the\].jar at the.water spring and it.will.be.crushed the.\[water\] wheel to the well

*JPS 1917:* Before the silver cord is snapped asunder, and the golden bowl is shattered, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel falleth shattered, into the pit;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1543.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1543/): 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).