What does גֻּלָּה (gûlāh) mean in the Bible?
גֻּלָּה (gûlāh): Rounded vessels or water sources; emphasis on spherical shape unites diverse physical referents.
Hebrew · H1543
גֻּלָּה
A fountain , bowl or globe (all as round )
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גֻּלָּה H1543
Pronunciation gûlāh
What does גֻּלָּה (gûlāh) mean in the Bible?
גֻּלָּה (gûlāh): Rounded vessels or water sources; emphasis on spherical shape unites diverse physical referents.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1543?
The BSB source-word alignment has 15 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include springs (4), - (2), bowl-shaped (2), bowls (2), the bowl-shaped (2).
Where does גֻּלָּה (gûlāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Joshua 15:19. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (3), Joshua (3), Judges (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It springs 4× Joshua 15:19, Judges 1:15
- 2× Joshua 15:19, Judges 1:15
bowl-shaped 2× 1 Kings 7:41, 2 Chronicles 4:12
bowls 2× 1 Kings 7:41, 2 Chronicles 4:12
the bowl-shaped 2× 1 Kings 7:42, 2 Chronicles 4:13
a bowl 1× Zechariah 4:2
bowl 1× Ecclesiastes 12:6
of the bowl 1× Zechariah 4:3
Show sample aligned rows
Joshua 15:19 גֻּלֹּ֣ת to springs Noun - feminine plural construct Joshua 15:19 גֻּלֹּ֥ת to - Noun - feminine plural Joshua 15:19 גֻּלֹּ֣ת to springs Noun - feminine plural Judges 1:15 גֻּלֹּ֣ת to springs Noun - feminine plural construct Judges 1:15 גֻּלֹּ֥ת to - Noun - feminine plural construct Judges 1:15 גֻּלֹּ֣ת to springs Noun - feminine plural construct 1 Kings 7:41 וְגֻלֹּ֧ת to bowl-shaped Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct 1 Kings 7:41 גֻּלֹּ֣ת to bowls Noun - feminine plural construct 1 Kings 7:42 גֻּלֹּ֣ת to the bowl-shaped Noun - feminine plural construct 2 Chronicles 4:12 וְהַגֻּלּ֧וֹת to bowl-shaped Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Joshua 15:19
Aligned rows 15
Books represented 6
Joshua 3 Judges 3 1 Kings 3 2 Chronicles 3 Ecclesiastes 1 Zechariah 2
Source forms
גֻּלֹּ֣ת 6x gul·lōṯ Joshua 15:19, Judges 1:15, 1 Kings 7:41, 1 Kings 7:42
גֻּלּ֣וֹת 2x gul·lō·wṯ 2 Chronicles 4:12, 2 Chronicles 4:13
גֻּלֹּ֥ת 2x gul·lōṯ Joshua 15:19, Judges 1:15
גֻּלַּ֣ת 1x gul·laṯ Ecclesiastes 12:6
הַגֻּלָּ֔ה 1x hag·gul·lāh Zechariah 4:3
וְגֻלָּ֣הּ 1x wə·ḡul·lå̄h Zechariah 4:2
וְגֻלֹּ֧ת 1x wə·ḡul·lōṯ 1 Kings 7:41
וְהַגֻּלּ֧וֹת 1x wə·hag·gul·lō·wṯ 2 Chronicles 4:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine plural construct 8x Joshua 15:19, Judges 1:15, 1 Kings 7:41, 1 Kings 7:42
Noun - feminine plural 2x Joshua 15:19
Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Zechariah 4:3
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct 1x 1 Kings 7:41
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 1x Zechariah 4:2
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural 1x 2 Chronicles 4:12
Noun - feminine singular construct 1x Ecclesiastes 12:6
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Rounded vessels or water sources; emphasis on spherical shape unites diverse physical referents.
Source Gloss
a fountain , bowl or globe (all as round )
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Rounded vessels or water sources; emphasis on spherical shape unites diverse physical referents.
a fountain, bowl or globe (all as round) BDB: basin Usage: bowl, pommel, spring.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
גֻּלָּה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain