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בּוּל

𐤁𐤅𐤋

bûwl

H944 noun

SILEX Entry

Root יבל to bring, to yield, to produce, bring forth

Definition

Refers to produce yielded by the earth, specifically harvested crops, agricultural yield, or the general abundance of food resources derived from cultivated land. In certain contexts, can also function as the name of a specific month in the ancient Israelite calendar, denoting the period of agricultural gathering near the start of the rainy season.

Semantic Range

produce, crops, agricultural yield, foodstuffs, agricultural abundance; name of the eighth month in the ancient Israelite calendar

Root / Etymology

Root: יבל (Y-B-L), meaning 'to bring, bring forth, yield.' The noun בּוּל derives either as an alternate form of יְבוּל ('produce, crop'), emphasizing the products of the land, or is etymologically connected through the semantic field of yielding or bringing forth. Some modern scholars suggest the word is pre-Israelite or related to Akkadian bēlu ('to bring') as a possible substratum borrowing. The meaning as a calendrical month may be a later development derived from the period of produce collection.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In biblical usage, בּוּל primarily appears as the name of the eighth month of the pre-exilic Israelite civil calendar (corresponding to October-November), a time associated with the conclusion of the harvest and the onset of winter rains. The term is only sparingly used in reference to food or produce itself and more often signifies the agricultural cycle culturally significant to the Israelites. The calendar name later fell out of use, replaced by Babylonian month-names during and after the exile. English translations sometimes render בּוּל simply as 'Bul' (the month), while in agricultural or poetic passages the fuller sense relates to agricultural abundance. The term should not be confused with מַעֲשֵׂר ('tithe') or תְּבוּאָה ('grain, produce'), as each denotes a particular aspect of agricultural yield; בּוּל, when used for produce, is more general and rarely employed for ritual or legal contexts.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

for יְבוּל; produce (of the earth, etc.); food, stock.

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Root Family

יבל (y-b-l) — to bring, to yield, to produce, to bring forth

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H180 אוּבָל the water-bearing stream
H2981 יְבוּל and her yield
H2986 יָבַל I will conduct them
H2987 יְבַל and to cause to bring
H2988 יָבָל streams of

Word Forms

2 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H944-01 לְ/ב֥וּל levul HR/Ncmsc for-a-stock for yield-of 1
H944-02 ב֭וּל vul HNcmsc the mountains yield of 1

Occurrences in Scripture

2 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H944-01 Isaiah 44:19 לְ/ב֥וּל levul HR/Ncmsc for-a-stock for yield-of
H944-02 Job 40:20 ב֭וּל vul HNcmsc the mountains yield of
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