Lexical Definition

‎גֻּלְגֹּלֶת‎ gulgôleth (gul-go'-leth) head ^H:N-F
by reduplication from ‎גָּלַל‎

head, every man, poll, skull.

• a skull (as round)
• by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)

1) head, poll, skull
1a) skull
1b) head, poll (of census)

See Greek: Γολγοθᾶ · κεφαλή · κρανίον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶת‎ noun feminine skull, head, poll (person) (on formation compare Ba^{NB 205}; Aramaic ‎גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא‎) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ג‎ 2Kgs 9:35 + 3 t.; suffix ‎גֻּלְגָּלְתּוֺ‎ Judg 9:53; 1Chr 10:10 plural suffix ‎גֻּלְגְּלֹתָם‎ Num 1:2 + 5 t.; —

1. skull, as broken by a stone Judg 9:53 as severed from body 2Kgs 9:35; 1Chr 10:10.

2. head, poll (in counting, taxing, etc.; only P and late) ‎׳‎‎עֹמֶר לַגּ‎ Exod 16:16 an omer for every man; compare Exod 38:26; Num 1:2; Num 1:18; Num 1:20; Num 1:22; Num 3:47; 1Chr 23:3; 1Chr 23:24.

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