H5694 H5694
ring, earring, hoop (ornament worn on ear or body)
This noun refers to a ring or hoop, typically an earring worn as adornment. Numbers 31:50 lists it among gold jewelry offered as tribute, alongside bracelets and chains. Ezekiel 16:12 describes God adorning personified Jerusalem with 'earrings on your ears' plus a nose ring, symbolizing covenant love and royal beautification. The word emphasizes personal ornamentation and wealth, often with covenantal or religious significance when jewelry is dedicated to God or received as divine gift.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A ring or hoop, specifically earrings in both occurrences. Numbers 31:50 includes them in spoils of war dedicated to YHWH; Ezekiel 16:12 uses them metaphorically for God's covenant adornment of Israel. Spanish 'pendiente' and cross-linguistic 'earring' confirm the ornamental function, with religious and symbolic dimensions in covenant contexts. 2×
AR["قُرْطًا", "وَأَقْرَاطًا"]·ben["আর-কানের-দুল", "কানের-দুল"]·DE["[ועגילים]", "earring"]·EN["and-earrings", "earring"]·FR["earring", "et-gâteau"]·heb["ו-עגילים", "עגיל"]·HI["और-बालियाँ", "बाली"]·ID["anting", "dan-anting-anting"]·IT["[ועגילים]", "earring"]·jav["lan-anting-anting", "suweng"]·KO["귀걸이와", "그리고-귀고리들을"]·PT["brincos", "e-brincos"]·RU["и-серьги", "серьги"]·ES["pendiente", "y-pendientes"]·SW["herini", "na-herini"]·TR["küpe", "ve-küpeler"]·urd["اور-بالیاں", "بالی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עָגִיל n.[m.] hoop, ring;—abs. ע׳ Nu 31:50 prob. ear-ring (+ טַבַּעַת, etc.); pl. עֲגִילִים עַל־ אָזְנָ֑יִךְ Ez 16:12 (+ נֶזֶם עַל־אַפֵּךְ nose-ring).