מְגִלָּה
mᵉgillâh · H4039 · Hebrew · 21 occurrences
Thing
- Scroll, bookScribes257 verses
Meanings
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scroll
Long strip of writing material made by sewing together sheets of papyrus or parchment; this strip was then rolled up from one end or from both ends to form one or two cylinders; usually the ends of the scroll were attached to sticks, around which the scroll was rolled; an unrolled scroll was often about 10 meters in length and stood approximately 23-25 centimeters high; the term מְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר seems to be the more complete term for a book scroll, as it occurs at the beginning of passages in which scrolls play a roll; the shorter term מְגִלָּה is used after that
ExamplesJeremiah 36:2 “Take a scroll and write on it all the words which I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
Jeremiah 36:4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him.
Jeremiah 36:6 “So you go and read from the scroll, which you have written at my dictation, the words of the LORD to the people at the LORD’S house on a day of fasting. And you shall also read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- סֵפֶרbook, scroll, letter 4
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
11 occurrences in 8 groups
- זֹאתthis 4
- אַחֵרother 2
- עוּףto fly 2
- כָּתַבto write down, to write, to inscribe 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- קָרָאto call, to cry out 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תָּמַםto be finished, to come to an end, to perish 1
What is done to itIt is the object
11 occurrences in 5 groups
- לָקַחto take, to receive 5
- שָׂרַףto burn 3
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 1
- פָּקַדto number, to punish 1
- רָאָהto see 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- וֹhim 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 4
- בin/on/with 4
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- סֵפֶר çêpher · H5612 · scroll, book, letter
- The target term ('roll' or 'volume') and סֵפֶר (çêpher, H5612) ('scroll', 'book', 'letter' or 'register') both denote physical written documents, specifically scrolls, and both refer to written records.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Scrolls001003001001014
- מְגִלָּה denotes a scroll or roll, as in Jeremiah 36:2's "take a scroll and write on it all the words," placing it among written documents.
Word family 17 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4039. megillah מְגִלָּה noun feminine roll (writing, book; late) — ׳מ Jer 36:28 Jer…
מְגִלָּה noun feminine roll (writing, book; late) — ׳מ Jer 36:28 Jer 36:16t.; construct מְגִלַּתֿ Psa 40:8 Psa 40:3t.; — roll of writing, book מְגִלַּתסֵֿפֶר Jer 36:2, Jer 36:4; Eze 2:9; Psa 40:8; ׳מ alone Jer 36:6, Jer 36:14 (twice in verse); Jer 36:20-21, Jer 36:23, Jer 36:25, Jer 36:27, Jer 36:28 (twice in verse); Jer 36:29, Jer 36:32; Eze 3:1-2, Eze 3:3; Ze Eze 5:1-2,.
מְגִלָּה noun feminine (book-)roll (ᵑ7 Biblical Hebrew); — Ezr 6:2.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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