גולגולת

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ג־ל־ג־ל‎ (g-l-g-l)

Compare Aramaic גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא‎ (gulgaltā), Arabic جُمْجُمَة‎ (jumjuma), Egyptian

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(ḏꜣḏꜣ, “head”).

Noun

גולגולת / גֻּלְגֹּלֶת • (gulgólet) f (plural indefinite גולגולות / גֻּלְגֹּלוֹת‎, plural construct גולגלות / גֻּלְגְּלוֹת־‎)

  1. skull
    • 2 Kings 9:35, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏וַיֵּלְכוּ לְקָבְרָהּ; וְלֹא־מָצְאוּ בָהּ כִּי אִם־הַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת וְהָרַגְלַיִם וְכַפּוֹת הַיָּדָיִם.‎‎
      vayyeləchú ləqovráh; vəló-matz.ú vah ki im-haggulgólet vəharagláyim vəchappót hayyadáyim.
      And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
  2. (usually in the plural) head (single individual when counting)

Declension

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References
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