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title: גֻּלָּה — basin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֻּלָּה (1543), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: basin. BDB 1906: n.f. basin, bowl n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֻּלָּה

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«גֻּלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **basin** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 1543 · **BDB:** גֻּלָּה²

### Glosses

springs (6); the.bowls (5); the.bowl (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

basin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1543/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. basin, bowl n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1543/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. basin, bowl—ג׳ Zc 4:3 + v 2 cf. infr.; cstr. גֻּלַּת Ec 12:6; pl. abs. גֻּלֹּת Jos 15:19(×2) + 2 times; ־וֹת 2 Ch 4:12; cstr. גֻּלֹּת (־וֹת) 1 K 7:41 (הַגּ׳ Th, so ‖ 2 Ch 4:12 cf. Be), v 41 + 3 times;— basin (pool, well?) ג׳ מַיִם Jos 15:19 = Ju 1:15; om. מ׳ Jos 15:19(×2) = Ju 1:15(×2) (prob. old n.pr.loc., cf. Di). bowl, of lamp, i.e. oil-receptacle Zc 4:3, also v 2, where MT גֻּלָּהּ as if from \[גֹּל\]; read גֻּלָּה Brd Ges§ 91. 1, R. 2.; (\> Hi-St Bö§ 734 b De on ψ 27:5 Sta§ 347 c, who think גֻּלָּהּ = גֻּלָּתָהּ);—so also Ec 12:6 גֻּלַּת הַזָּהָב. of bowl- or globe-shaped portion of capitals of the two pillars in temple 1 K 7:41(×2), 42 = 2 Ch 4:12(×2), 13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֻּלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1543/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.4.3/)

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וּשְׁנַ֥יִם זֵיתִ֖ים עָלֶ֑יהָ אֶחָד֙ מִימִ֣ין הַגֻּלָּ֔ה וְאֶחָ֖ד עַל־שְׂמֹאלָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and two olive.trees \[were\].at it one \[was\].from the.right.side of the.bowl and one \[was\].at side its.left

*JPS 1917:* and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.'

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[Ecclesiastes 12:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.6/)

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עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יֵרָתֵק֙ חֶ֣בֶל הַכֶּ֔סֶף וְתָרֻ֖ץ גֻּלַּ֣ת הַזָּהָ֑ב וְתִשָּׁ֤בֶר כַּד֙ עַל־הַמַּבּ֔וּעַ וְנָרֹ֥ץ הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל אֶל־הַבּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* until that not it.will.be.snapped the.cord of.(the) silver and it.will.be.crushed the.bowl of.(the) gold and it.will.be.broken \[the\].jar at the.water spring and it.will.be.crushed the.\[water\] wheel to the well

*JPS 1917:* Before the silver cord is snapped asunder, and the golden bowl is shattered, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel falleth shattered, into the pit;

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