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# עָגֹל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5696

**round** — used 6 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

round [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5696/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָגֹל: adj. round [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5696/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. round;—abs. עָגֹל 1 K 7:23 + 2 times, עָגוֹל 10:19 2 Ch 4:2; fpl. עֲגֻלּוֹת 1 K 7:31;—round 1 K 7:31(×2) (opp. מְרֻבָּעוֹת), 10:19; ע׳ סָבִיב round in circuit (perimeter) 7:23 = 2 Ch 4:2; 1 K 7:35.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: round (5); \[was\] round (1).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 7:35](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.35/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.35/#tree)

וּבְרֹ֣אשׁ הַמְּכוֹנָ֗ה חֲצִ֧י הָאַמָּ֛ה קוֹמָ֖ה עָגֹ֣ל ׀ סָבִ֑יב וְעַ֨ל רֹ֤אשׁ הַמְּכֹנָה֙ יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ וּמִסְגְּרֹתֶ֖יהָ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* and.\[was\] at the.top of the.stand (the).half of.(the) cubit height round all.around and.\[were\] on the.top of the.stand hands its and rims its \[were\].from it

*JPS 1917:* And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the borders thereof were of one piece therewith.

[1 Kings 10:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.10.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.10.19/#tree)

שֵׁ֧שׁ מַעֲל֣וֹת לַכִּסֵּ֗ה וְרֹאשׁ־עָגֹ֤ל לַכִּסֵּה֙ מֵאַֽחֲרָ֔יו וְיָדֹ֛ת מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה אֶל־מְק֣וֹם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת וּשְׁנַ֣יִם אֲרָי֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים אֵ֥צֶל הַיָּדֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* six steps \[belonged\].to the throne and a.top round \[belonged\].to the throne (from) behind it and hands from this and from this \[were\].to the.place of the.sitting and two lions \[were\].standing beside the hands

*JPS 1917:* There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5696.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5696/): 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).