Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ג־ל־ג־ל (g-l-g-l)

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

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(ḏꜣḏꜣ, head).

Noun

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גולגולת / גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgóletf (plural indefinite גולגולות / גֻּלְגֹּלוֹת, plural construct גולגלות / גֻּלְגְּלוֹת־)

  1. skull
    • Tanach, 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)

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