מְגִלָּהmᵉgillâh
מְגִלָּה: roll, of writing, book (Jeremiah 36:28; Psalms 40:8; Jeremiah 36:2; Jeremiah 36:4; Ezekiel 2:9)
Pronunciation: meg-il-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4039
Meanings
ᵑ7: (book-)roll (Ezra 6:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 21 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 40:7 Then I said, “Look, I have come. As is written about me in the Scriptures:
- Jeremiah 36:2 “Get a scroll, and write down all my messages against Israel, Judah, and the other nations. Begin with the first message back in the days of Josiah, and write down every message, right up to the present time.
- Jeremiah 36:4 So Jeremiah sent for Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated all the prophecies that the Lord had given him, Baruch wrote them on a scroll.
- Jeremiah 36:6 So you go to the Temple on the next day of fasting, and read the messages from the Lord that I have had you write on this scroll. Read them so the people who are there from all over Judah will hear them.
- Jeremiah 36:14 the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, grandson of Shelemiah and great-grandson of Cushi, to ask Baruch to come and read the messages to them, too. So Baruch took the scroll and went to them.
- Jeremiah 36:20 Then the officials left the scroll for safekeeping in the room of Elishama the secretary and went to tell the king what had happened.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).