גולגולת

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־ל־ג־ל (g-l-g-l)

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

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(ḏꜣḏꜣ, head).

Noun

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

  1. skull
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 82a:
      וא״ר [וְאָמַר רַבִּי] חִיָּיא בַּר אֲבוּיָה כָּתוּב עַל גֻּלְגָּלְתּוֹ שֶׁל יְהוֹיָקִים זֹאת וְעוֹד אַחֶרֶת
      VA"R [v'amár rabí] khiyá bar 'avuyá katúv 'al gulgoltó shel y'hoyakím zót v'ód 'akhéret
      And Rabbi Hiyya bar Abuyah said that written on the skull of Jehoiakim was “this and yet another.”
  2. (usually in the plural) head (single individual when counting)

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