H4039 H4039
Scroll, written roll — a rolled document of parchment or papyrus used for recording prophecy and law
The standard term for a written scroll in late biblical Hebrew, appearing almost exclusively in prophetic contexts. Its most dramatic appearance is in Jeremiah 36, where Baruch writes Jeremiah's oracles on a scroll that King Jehoiakim methodically cuts and burns — only for the prophet to dictate a replacement. Ezekiel receives a scroll written on both sides with lamentations (Ezek 2:9-3:3), and Zechariah sees a flying scroll of judgment (Zech 5:1-2). The Psalmist's reference to 'the scroll of the book' (Ps 40:7) links written text to covenantal obedience.
Senses
1. scroll / written roll — A rolled document of papyrus or leather used for recording prophetic oracles, divine instructions, or other formal texts. Dominates the narrative of Jeremiah 36, where the noun occurs sixteen times as Baruch's scroll is written, read, confiscated, burned, and rewritten. Also designates the visionary scroll Ezekiel is commanded to eat (Ezek 2:9-3:3) and Zechariah's flying scroll of curse (Zech 5:1-2). Spanish 'rollo,' French 'rouleau,' and German 'Rolle' all preserve the physical sense of a rolled writing surface. 21×
AR["الدَّرْجَ", "الدَّرْجِ", "الـ-دَرْجَ", "دَرْجًا", "دَرْجٌ", "دَرْجَ-", "دَرْجُ", "دَرْجِ-", "فِي-الدَّرْجِ"]·ben["-গুটানো-পুঁথি", "গুটানো-", "পুঁথি", "পুঁথি-", "পুঁথিতে-", "পুঁথির"]·DE["Rolle", "von-offenbarte"]·EN["a-scroll", "in-the-scroll", "scroll", "scroll-of", "scroll-of-", "the-scroll"]·FR["dans-rouleau", "le-rouleau", "rouleau"]·heb["ב-ה-מגילה", "ה-מגילה", "מגילה", "מגילת"]·HI["ती-पत्री", "पुस्तक", "पुस्तक-", "में-पुस्तक"]·ID["dalam-gulungan", "gulungan", "gulungan-"]·IT["da-esilio", "da-rivelo", "rotolo"]·jav["gulungan", "gulungan-", "gulungan-punika", "wonten-ing-gulungan"]·KO["그-두루마리로", "그-두루마리를", "두루마리", "두루마리-", "두루마리가", "두루마리라", "두루마리를", "에-두루마리에서"]·PT["no-rolo", "o-rolo", "rolo", "rolo-de", "rolo-de-"]·RU["в-свитке", "свитка", "свитке", "свитком", "свиток", "свиток-"]·ES["El-rollo", "el-rollo", "en-el-rollo", "rollo", "rollo-de", "un-rollo"]·SW["gombo", "gombo-la", "katika-gombo", "kitabu-hiki"]·TR["bu", "et", "tomar", "tomar-", "tomarda-", "tomarı", "tomarı-", "tomarın", "tomarının-"]·urd["طومار", "طومار-", "طومار-اس", "طومار-سے"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מְגִלָּה n.f. roll (writing, book; late)—מ׳ Je 36:28 + 16 times; cstr. מְגִלַּת־ ψ 40:8 + 3 times;—roll of writing, book מְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר Je 36:2, 4 Ez 2:9 ψ 40:8; מ׳ alone Je 36:6, 14(×2), 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28(×2), 29, 32 Ez 3:1, 2, 3 Zc 5:1, 2.