מְגִלָּה
mᵉgillâh · meg-il-law'
a roll
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1556 (גָּלַל);
a roll
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: roll, volume.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְגִלָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the roll6 · 29%
- roll5 · 24%
- this roll2 · 10%
- in the volume1 · 5%
- thee a roll1 · 5%
- unto him, upon a roll1 · 5%
- in the roll1 · 5%
- until all the roll1 · 5%
- unto me; and, lo, a roll1 · 5%
- that roll1 · 5%
- with this roll1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.