Lexical Definition

‎גֶּחֶל‎ gechel (geh'-khel) coal ^H:N-F
or (feminine) גַּחֶלֶת gacheleth (gahkheh'-leth); from an unused root meaning to glow or kindle

(burning) coal.

• an ember

1) coal, burning coal, coals of fire, hot coals

See Greek: ἄνθραξ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גַּחֶ֫לֶת‎ noun feminine^{Exod 1:13} coal (compare Assyrian gu—lu, a shining precious stone? COT^Gloss Zim^{BP 45}) — absolute ‎גַּחֶלֶת‎ Isa 47:14 suffix ‎גַּחַלְתִּי‎ 2Sam 14:7 plural ‎גֶּחָלִים‎ Ps 18:9* + 6 t.; construct ‎גַּחֲלֵי‎ Lev 16:12 + 5 t. + Ps 18:14* (strike out ᵐ5 De Che); suffix ‎גֶּחָלָיו‎ Isa 44:19, ‎גֶּחָלֶיהָ‎ Ezek 24:11 — coal, plural ‎אֵשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ coals of fire Lev 16:12 (P), 2Sam 22:13 = Ps 18:13* [also Ps 18:14* compare above] Ezek 10:2 (in vision); compare 2Sam 22:9 = Ps 18:9*; Job 41:13*, also Prov 6:28; Isa 44:19 in simile (of strife) Prov 26:21 (opposed to ‎פֶּחָם‎ black coal); Ezek 1:13 ‎גַּחֲלֵי אֵשׁ‎ (of the living creatures); figurative of hope in posterity 2Sam 14:7, of divine judgement, ‎רתם‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ coals of broom-plant Ps 120:4, compare Ps 140:11*, also (negative) Isa 47:14; Ezek 24:11 of kindness to enemy Prov 25:22.

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