H2120 H2120
Zoheleth, 'the Stone of Zoheleth' near En-rogel (1 Kings 1:9); possibly meaning 'serpent' or 'sliding stone'
Zoheleth appears as the name of a stone landmark near En-rogel where Adonijah held his abortive coronation feast. The name might mean 'serpent' or 'sliding/crawling thing,' though some scholars propose astronomical connections (the planet Saturn in Arabic). Others see it as a proper noun whose original meaning was lost even in antiquity. Whatever its etymology, the Stone of Zoheleth marks the site of Adonijah's failed bid for David's throne, a geographical anchor for a pivotal political moment.
Senses
1. sense 1 — All translations simply transliterate: Spanish 'Zojelet,' English 'Zoheleth,' French and German matching. First Kings 1:9 locates Adonijah's feast precisely, and the Stone of Zoheleth functions as a known landmark. The name's obscurity to modern readers likely mirrors ancient uncertainty about its meaning. It stands as a mute witness to the dynastic struggles of David's old age, the place where Adonijah's ambitions culminated before Solomon's anointing undercut them. 1×
AR["الزُّحَلَةِ"]·ben["-জোহেলেতের"]·DE["Zoheleth"]·EN["Zoheleth"]·FR["Zoheleth"]·heb["ה-זוחלת"]·HI["जोहेलेत-के"]·ID["Zoheleth"]·IT["Zoheleth"]·jav["Zohèlèt"]·KO["조헬렛의"]·PT["Zohelet"]·RU["Зохелет"]·ES["Zojelet"]·SW["jiwe"]·TR["Zohelet"]·urd["زوحلت-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זֹחֶ֫לֶת n.f. meaning dub.; perhaps crawling thing, serpent (WeSkizzen iii. 171 cites Arabic Zuḫal = Saturn, in connex. with 1 K 1:9; cf. Lane & Wetzst in De Hiob 2, 428 on view that Zuḫal = he who withdraws, because of planet Saturn’s remoteness)—only c. art., in design. loc. עִם אֶבֶן הַזֹּחֶלֶת 1 K 1:9 (cf. אֶבֶן ad fin.)