Lexical Definition

‎מוּל‎ mûwl (mool) opposite ^H:N-M
or מוֹל môwl (mole); (Deuteronomy 1:1), or מוֹאל môwʼl (mole); (Nehemiah 12:38), or מֻל mul (mool); (Numbers 22:5), from ‎מוּל‎

(over) against, before, (fore-) front, from, (God-) ward, toward, with.

• properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice
• by implication, the front
• used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite

n m
1) front
1a) front
1b) in the opposite direction
prep
2) in front of
2a) in front of
2b) (with prefix)
2b1) towards the front of, to the front of, on the front of
2b2) from the front of, off the front of, close in front of, on the forefront of

See Greek: ἐγγύς · μέρος · συναντάω

Extended Information

• prep

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שְׂמֹאול

‎לְמוֺא֯ל‎ Neh 12:38 read ‎לַשְּׂמאֹל‎, see ‎שׂמאל‎.

I. ‎מוּל‎, ‎מוֺל‎ ( Deut 1:1), ‎מוֺאל‎ ( Neh 12:38) substantive and preposition front, in front of (derivatives dubious; according to Ol^{§ 223 c} Sta^{§ 378 a, for} ‎מְאוֺל‎ from ‎אוּל‎ to be in front: see further Kö^{ii. 300 f.} Hpt^{BAS i. 172}): —

1. substantive only 1Kgs 7:5 (si vera 1.: see Sta^{ZAW 1883, 151}) ‎וּמוּל מֶחֱזָה אֶלמֶֿחֱזָה‎ and the front of (one) window was towards (the other) window, and Neh 12:38 ‎לְמוֺאל‎ = in the opposite direction (but read probably ‎לִשְׂמאוֺל‎, compare ‎לַיָּמִין‎ vNeh 12:31).

2. as preposition, Deut 1:1; Deut 2:19 ‎מוּל בני עמון‎ in front of the Ammonites, Deut 3:29 (= Deut 4:46; Deut 34:6) ‎מוּל בית פעור‎, Deut 11:30; Josh 18:18; Josh 19:46 ‎מוּל יָפוֺ‎ 1Sam 14:5 (twice in verse); figurative Exod 18:19 ‎הֱיֵה אַתָּה לעם מול האלהים‎ in front of God, i.e. representing God to them. With prefixes: —
a. ‎אלמֿול‎ towards the front of, 1Sam 17:30 ‎מֵאֶצְלוֺ אֶלמֿוּל אַחֵר וַיִּסֹב‎ to the front of another; on the front of, Exod 34:3 (pregnantly) ‎וְאַליִֿרְעוּ אלמֿול ההר‎, Joel Exod 8:33 (twice in verse); Exod 9:1; Exod 22:11* (see WAW^{JPhoenician xiii. 117 ff.}); specifically ‎מוּל פְּנֵי אֶלֿ‎ towards or on the forefront of, Exod 26:9; Exod 28:25 (|| Exod 39:18), vExod 39:37; Lev 8:9; Num 8:2; Num 8:3; 2Sam 11:15 set ye Uriah ‎אלמֿול פני המלחמה‎.
b. ‎מִמּוּל‎: —
(a) from the front of, Mic 2:8 (text dubious: read probably ‎מֵעַל‎).
(b) of position, off (see ‎מן‎ 1 c) the front of, Lev 5:8 ‎מִמּוּל עָרְפּוֺ‎ off the front of its neck, i.e. close in front of it, Num 22:5 ‎והוא יושׁב מִמֻּלִי‎ close in front of me, 2Sam 5:23 (1Chr 14:14) ‎ממול בכאים ובאת להם‎ come to them off the front of the mulberry-trees, 1Kgs 7:39 (2Chr 4:10) ‎מִמּוּל נֶגֶב‎; ‎מִמּוּל פָּנָיו‎ on the forefront of, Exod 28:27 (|| Exod 39:20).

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