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title: עָגֹל — round · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָגֹל (5696), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: round. BDB 1906: adj. round. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָגֹל

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«עָגֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **round** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5696 · **BDB:** עָגֹל

### Glosses

round (5); \[was\].round (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָגֹל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5696/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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