--- title: גּוֹרָל — lot · The Tanakh dictionary description: גּוֹרָל (1486), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 77 times: lot. BDB 1906: n.m. 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Lv 16:8 \& (†Jos 21:10, but v. infr.) f. lot, (NH id. \& demon. Hiph. הִגְרִיל cast lots)—abs. ג׳ Jos 16:1 + 51 times; cstr. גּוֹרַל Jos 18:11 + 2 times, גֹּרַל Nu 36:3; sf. גּוֹרָלִי ψ 16:5, גֹּרָלִי Ju 1:3, גּוֹרָֽלְךָ Pr 1:14, גֹּרָֽלְךָ Dn 12:13, גּוֹרָלֶ֑ךָ Ju 1:3, גּוֹרָלֵךְ Je 13:25 Is 57:6, גּוֹרָלוֹ 1 Ch 26:14, גּוֹרָלָם Jos 18:11 + 2 times; pl. גּוֹרָלוֹת Jon 1:7 + 8 times, גֹּרָלוֹת Lv 16:8;—a lot cast for the decision of questions Pr 18:18, designation of persons, etc., for service or punishment, assignment of property, etc.; prob. stones put into the bosom-fold of a garment, Pr 16:33 (בַּחֵיק יוּטַל אֶת־הַגּ׳), or into a vessel, and shaken until one springs out (עָלָה, יָצָא, or—late—נָפַל); this was regarded originally as divine decision (cf. on Urim \& Thummim p. 22, supr.); for the agent, the usual verbs are הִשְׁלִיךְ, יָרָה, נָתַן, and הִפִּיל. Particularly:— lot for dividing land, especially that which Joshua cast at Shiloh לִפְנֵי י׳ Jos 18:6 (יָרָה) v 8, 10 (both הִשְׁלִיךְ; all three sq. לְ of pers. for whom; all JE); cf. 19:51 (P); so of lot coming up, or forth, עָלָה Jos 18:11 (cstr.; P), also sq. לְ pers. 19:10 (P), \& foll. c. יָצָא 16:1 (JE), Nu 33:54 Jos 19:1, 17, 24, 32, 40; 21:4 (all P); be divided by lot יֵהָלֵק בְּג׳ Nu 26:55, or according to lot עַל־פִּי הַגּ׳ תֵּחָלֵק v 56; apportion by lot הִתְנַחֲלוּ בְּג׳ 33:54; 34:13, נַחַל בְּג׳ Jos 19:51; give by lot נָתַן בְּג׳ Nu 36:2 נָתַן בַּגּ׳ Jos 21:8 (all P) 1 Ch 6:50; have by lot הָיָה ל׳ בַּגּ׳ Jos 21:4, \& (היה om.) v 5, 6 (all P) cf. 1 Ch 6:46, 48; also Jos 21:10 (P; הַגּ׳ רִאישֹׁנָה, only here f.; 𝔊—not 𝔊L—om. ראישׁנה, \& so) ‖ 1 Ch 6:39; cf. further Is 34:17 (הִפִּיל לְ). lot for assigning to service, duty or punishment, concerning the goats on day of atonement, Lv 16:8 (נָתַן עַל) v 8, 8 (sq. לְ); cf. v 9, 10 (עָלָה עַל; all P). assigning priests to their courses, singers, musicians \& porters to their duties, by lot חָלַק בְּג׳ 1 Ch 24:5; הִפִּיל ג׳ v 31; 25:8; 26:13 (sq. לְ of position) v 14; of lot coming forth (יָצָא לְ pers.) 24:7 (cf. v 7, 18) 25:9 (cf. v 9–31) 26:14 cf. וַיֵּצֵא גּוֹרָלוֹ v 14. cast lots for dwelling in Jerus. (הִפִּיל ג׳) Ne 11:1 (sq. inf.) for supplying wood for altar-fire Ne 10:35 (הִפִּיל עַל); here belongs prob. also Ju 20:9 עָלֶיהָ בְּג׳, ref. to v 10 (determining who shall go up, and who supply provision) 𝔊 ἀναβησόμεθα ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ἐν κλήρῳ so Stu (insert perhaps נעלה), cf. AV RV, BuRS 151 (who reads נַפִּילָה בְּג׳); \> 𝔖 Be Ke who ref. ג׳ here to division of land of captured city. to determine guilty persons Jon 1:7(×2) (both הִפִּיל) v 7 (נָפַל עַל); so appar. Ez 24:6 of inhab. of Jerus. under fig. of flesh in pot לֹא־נָפַל עָלֶיהָ ג׳ no lot is fallen over it, i.e. no discrimination is made, destruction is to include the whole city; (cf. also Jos 7:14 ff. 1 S 14:41 ff. where divine agency in detection is prominent but word גּוֹרָל not used). in allotting slaves Jo 4:3 אֶל־עַמִּי יַדּוּ ג׳; Na 3:10 (יַדּוּ עַל); so Ob 11 וְעַל־יְרוּשָׁלַםִ יַדּוּ ג׳,—all c. vb. ידד q.v. in distributing plundered garments ψ 22:19 (הִפִּיל על). to determine favourable day for a scheme, הִפִּיל Est 3:7 (לִפְנֵי הָמָן) 9:24 (sq. inf.; v. also פּוּר). thing assigned, apportioned, allotted especially of land assigned by lot, allotment Jos 15:1; 17:1; 21:38 (all P), 17:14, 17 = portion, share (‖ נַחֲלָה; JE); cf. גֹּרַל נַחֲלָתֵנוּ Nu 36:3 (P), גּוֹרַל נַחֲלָתָם Jos 14:2 (P; but perhaps read abs. גּוֹרָל cf. Di); also גְּבוּל גּוֹרָלָם 18:11 (P) the boundary of their allotment; עָרֵי גוֹרָלָם 21:20 (P); v. further Ju 1:3(×2); so prob. Mi 2:5 הִשְׁלִיךְ חֶבֶל בְּג׳ (Hi Che; cf. also Ew); ψ 125:3, land, exposed to oppressive exaction; also fig. of י׳ as portion, allotment of his people ψ 16:5 (so Che, \& on תָּמִיד for תּוֹמִיךְ cf. his crit. n.; v. also Ew; otherwise De al.;—‖ מְנָת חֶלְקִי); on the other hand, of idols Is 57:6 (‖ חֵלֶק); also עָמַד לְג׳ Dn 12:13, of allotted portion, share, in the Messianic consummation; more generally, one’s portion, lot, fortune גּוֹרָֽלְךָ תַּפִּיל בְּתוֹכֵנוּ Pr 1:14 cast thy fortune into the midst of us, in with us (‖ כִּיס אֶחָד יִהְיֶה לְכֻלָּנוּ). portion = recompence, retribution Is 17:14 (‖ חֵלֶק), Je 13:25 (‖ מְנָת מִדַּיִךְ), both implying divine agency. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 65 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «גּוֹרָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1486/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 18:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.18/) מִ֭דְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּ֣ית הַגּוֹרָ֑ל וּבֵ֖ין עֲצוּמִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיד׃ *Word for word:* contentions it.puts.an.end.to the lot and between mighty.\[people\] it.separates *JPS 1917:* The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious. [Numbers 26:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.56/) עַל־פִּי֙ הַגּוֹרָ֔ל תֵּחָלֵ֖ק נַחֲלָת֑וֹ בֵּ֥ין רַ֖ב לִמְעָֽט׃ס *Word for word:* on the.mouth of the.lot it.will.be.divided inheritance its between \[the\].many and.\[the\] few *JPS 1917:* According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.' - ← previous: [גּוּר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8.md) - next →: [גּוּשׁ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1487.md) - ↑ back to [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490-2.md)