Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H945 |
|---|---|
| Word: | בּוּל |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | the same as H944 (in the sense of rain) |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | Buwl |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bool |
| Meaning: | 1. Bul, the eighth Hebrew month |
| KJV Renderings: | Bul. |
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I. בּוּל noun [masculine] Bul, 8th month = Marcheswan, Assyrian Ara— samna , 1Kgs 6:38 בְּיֶרַח בּוּל הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִי; (Canaanitish; Phoenician ירח בל; a Palmyrene god is בול (in proper name עבדבול, Vog93 זבדבול etc.) & ירחבול (Vog93, moon-god), which DHMBer. Wien. Akkadian cviii. 977 connects with Hebrew בּוּל; BaeRel 87 f. (q. v.) thinks = בעל, compare Thesp. 560).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
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