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# עָגִיל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5694

**hoop** — 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

hoop [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5694/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָגִיל: hoop, ring [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5694/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hoop, ring;—abs. ע׳ Nu 31:50 prob. ear-ring (+ טַבַּעַת, etc.); pl. עֲגִילִים עַל־ אָזְנָ֑יִךְ Ez 16:12 (+ נֶזֶם עַל־אַפֵּךְ nose-ring).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: an earring (1); earrings (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 16:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.12/#tree)

וָאֶתֵּ֥ן נֶ֙זֶם֙ עַל־אַפֵּ֔ךְ וַעֲגִילִ֖ים עַל־אָזְנָ֑יִךְ וַעֲטֶ֥רֶת תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת בְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃

*Word for word:* and I.put a.ring on nose your and earrings on ears your and a.crown of.beauty on head your

*JPS 1917:* And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

[Numbers 31:50](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.50/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.50/#tree)

וַנַּקְרֵ֞ב אֶת־קָרְבַּ֣ן יְהוָ֗ה אִישׁ֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר מָצָ֤א כְלִֽי־זָהָב֙ אֶצְעָדָ֣ה וְצָמִ֔יד טַבַּ֖עַת עָגִ֣יל וְכוּמָ֑ז לְכַפֵּ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and we.have.brought.near (et) the.offering of.Yahweh everyone \[that\].which he.found an.article of.gold an.armlet and a.bracelet a.signet-ring an.earring and an.ornament to make.atonement on selves our before Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And we have brought the LORD'S offering, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and girdles, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5694.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5694/): 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).