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title: גֶּחָל — coal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּחָל (1513), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: coal. BDB 1906: n.f. coal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֶּחָל

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«גֶּחָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **coal** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 1513 · **BDB:** גַּחֶ֫לֶת

### Glosses

coals (12); burning.coals (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

coal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1513/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. coal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1513/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֶּחָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1513/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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