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title: גֻּלְגֹּלֶת — skull · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (1538), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: skull. BDB 1906: n.f. skull, head, poll. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֻּלְגֹּלֶת

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«גֻּלְגֹּלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **skull** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 1538 · **BDB:** גֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶת

### Glosses

heads (6); head (3); skull (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

skull [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1538/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. skull, head, poll [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1538/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. skull, head, poll (person) (BaNB 205; Aramaic גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא, Arabic جُمْجُمَة )—abs. ג׳ 2 K 9:35 + 3 times; sf. גֻּלְגָּלְתּוֹ Ju 9:53 1 Ch 10:10; pl. sf. גֻּלְגְּלֹתָם Nu 1:2 + 5 times;— skull, as broken by a stone Ju 9:53; as severed from body 2 K 9:35 1 Ch 10:10. head, poll (in counting, taxing, etc.; only P and late) עֹמֶר לַגּ׳ Ex 16:16 an omer for every man; cf. 38:26 Nu 1:2, 18, 20, 22; 3:47 1 Ch 23:3, 24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֻּלְגֹּלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1538/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 9:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.53/)

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וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְ אִשָּׁ֥ה אַחַ֛ת פֶּ֥לַח רֶ֖כֶב עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ וַתָּ֖רִץ אֶת־גֻּלְגָּלְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and she.threw a.woman one a.mill-stone of.an.upper.mill-stone on the.head of.Abimelech and she.crushed (et) skull his

*JPS 1917:* And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

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[1 Chronicles 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.10.10/)

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וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ אֶת־כֵּלָ֔יו בֵּ֖ית אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם וְאֶת־גֻּלְגָּלְתּ֥וֹ תָקְע֖וּ בֵּ֥ית דָּגֽוֹן׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.put (et) armor(s) his the.house their.gods their and (et) skull his they.fixed the.house of.Dagon

*JPS 1917:* And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

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