Lexical Definition

‎אֲגַרְטָל‎ ʼăgarṭâl (ag-ar-tawl') basin ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

charger.

• a basin

1) vessel, basket, leather bag, basin

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אֲגַרְטָל‎] noun masculine a kind of vessel, basin or basket (?; others basket-like, basket-shaped vessel); only plural construct ‎אֲגַרְטְלֵי זָהָב‎, & ‎כֶסֶף‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎, both Ezra 1:9, denoting vessels from temple at Jerusalem restored by Cyrus. (Etymology & meaning dubious compare above; A ᵐ5^L Manuscripts ᵐ5 of ψυκτῆρες, wine-coolers; B omits; now commonly compared with Aramaic ‎קַרְטָלִיתָא‎ Levy NHWB^{iv. 376}, , Arabic , , supposed to be loan-word from Hellenistic Greek κάρταλος, κάρταλλος (e.g. ᵐ5 2Kgs 10:7, Hebrew ‎דּוּדִים‎), all = basket, fruit-basket, etc., canistrum (so MV BeRy SS); but κάρταλλος itself is possibly a Persian or Semitic loan-word; compare especially Frä^{77 f.}; further conjectures in Thes BeRy.)

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