H5699 H5699
A cart or wagon — a wheeled vehicle for transporting goods, people, or offerings; also the threshing cart rolled over grain.
Derived from the root idea of rolling (related to the round wheel), this noun denotes a wheeled cart drawn by oxen. It appears prominently in the Joseph narrative, where Pharaoh sends 'agalot' to carry Jacob's family to Egypt (Gen 45:19-27), and in the ark narrative, where a new cart transports the ark of God (1 Sam 6:7-14; 2 Sam 6:3). Spanish 'carreta/carretas' and German 'Wagen/Karren' consistently render the vehicle sense. In Isaiah 28:27-28 the same word appears in an agricultural setting, where the threshing cart is rolled over cumin and grain — a specialized but natural extension of the basic 'wheeled vehicle' meaning.
Senses
1. cart or wagon — A cart or wagon — a wheeled vehicle drawn by animals for transporting persons, goods, or sacred objects. Central in the Joseph cycle (Gen 45:19, 21, 27; 46:5) where Pharaoh provides carts for the migration to Egypt, and in the ark narratives (1 Sam 6:7-14; 2 Sam 6:3; 1 Chr 13:7). Numbers 7:3-8 describes covered wagons ('agalot tsav') donated for Tabernacle transport. Spanish 'carreta/carretas,' French 'chariot,' and German 'Wagen' all confirm the standard vehicle sense. Amos 2:13 uses it in a simile of crushing weight. 23×
AR["العَرَباتِ", "العَرَبَةُ", "الـ-عَجَلَةِ", "الْ-عَرَبَاتِ", "الْعَجَلَةِ", "الْـعَجَلَاتِ", "بِ-الْعَجَلَةِ", "بِـ-الـ-عَجَلَةِ", "عَجَلَاتٍ", "عَجَلَةً", "عَجَلَةٍ", "عَرَبَاتٍ"]·ben["-গাড়ি", "-গাড়িতে", "গাড়ি", "গাড়িতে", "গাড়ির", "রথগুলিকে", "শকট", "শকটগুলি"]·DE["Karren", "Wagen", "[בעגלה]", "[העגלה]", "[עגלה]", "cart", "carts-von", "der-Karren", "der-Wagen", "der-carts", "die-Wagen", "zu-der-Karren"]·EN["cart", "carts", "carts-of", "the-cart", "the-carts", "the-chariots", "to-the-cart"]·FR["[בעגלה]", "[עגלה]", "cart", "carts", "carts-de", "chariot", "le-carts", "le-chariot", "à-le-chariot"]·heb["ב-ה-עגלה", "ב-עגלה", "ה-עגלה", "ה-עגלות", "ה-עגלת", "עגלה", "עגלות", "עגלת"]·HI["गाड़ियाँ", "गाड़ियों", "गाड़ी", "गाड़ी-की", "गाड़ी-को", "में-गाड़ी", "रथों"]·ID["ke-kereta", "kereta", "kereta-itu", "kereta-kereta", "pedati-pedati", "pedati-pedati-itu", "satu-kereta"]·IT["[בעגלה]", "[העגלה]", "[עגלה]", "[עגלות]", "a-il-carro", "carro", "cart", "carts", "carts-di", "il-carro", "il-carts"]·jav["andong-andong", "andong-andong-punika", "gerobag", "gerobag-gerobag", "grobag", "grobak", "kreta-perang", "kréta", "wonten-ing-grobag"]·KO["그-수레", "그-수레들", "그-수레에", "그-수레의", "수레", "수레가", "수레들", "수레들-을", "수레들을", "수레를", "에-그-수레"]·PT["a-carreta", "a-carroça", "carro", "carros", "carroça", "na-carroça", "os-carros"]·RU["в-повозку", "колесницы", "повозка", "повозки", "повозку", "повозок"]·ES["a-la-carreta", "carreta", "carretas", "carro", "carros", "el-carro", "la-carreta", "las-carretas", "los-carros"]·SW["alituma", "gari", "gari-jipya", "kwenye-gari", "magari", "magari-ya-vita", "ya-Misri", "za-gari"]·TR["-arabaları", "-arabanın", "-arabaya", "araba", "arabalar", "arabaları", "arabayı"]·urd["چھکڑے", "چھکڑے-کو", "ڈھکی-ہوئی-گاڑیاں", "گاڑی", "گاڑی-میں", "گاڑی-کی", "گاڑیاں", "گاڑیوں", "گاڑیوں-کو"]
2. threshing cart wheel — A threshing cart or its wheel, used as an agricultural implement for separating grain. At Isaiah 28:27-28 the prophet distinguishes proper threshing technique: cumin is not threshed with a cart wheel, and the cart is not endlessly rolled over bread grain. Spanish uses 'carreta/su carreta' here, and French leaves the Hebrew transliterated, but the context clearly specifies the cart's function as a threshing tool rather than a transport vehicle. This is a natural specialization of the rolling-vehicle concept applied to the threshing floor. 2×
AR["الْعَرَبَةِ", "عَرَبَتِهِ"]·ben["গাড়ি-এর", "তার-গাড়ি-এর"]·DE["[עגלה]", "[עגלתו]"]·EN["the-wheel", "wheel"]·FR["[עגלה]", "[עגלתו]"]·heb["עגלה", "עגלתו"]·HI["गाड़ी-अपनी-का", "गाड़ी-का"]·ID["kereta", "keretanya"]·IT["[עגלה]", "[עגלתו]"]·jav["kreta", "kreta-nipun"]·KO["그-수레의", "수레의"]·PT["carroça", "sua-carroça"]·RU["повозки", "повозки-его"]·ES["carreta", "su-carreta"]·SW["la-gari", "la-gari-lake"]·TR["arabanin", "arabasinin"]·urd["اپنی-گاڑی-کا", "گاڑی-کا"]
Related Senses
H2719 1. sword, weapon of war (410×)H4196 1. altar (place of sacrifice) (403×)H7393 1. chariot, chariotry (117×)H7198 1. bow (weapon) (72×)H7979 1. table (71×)H7782 1. ram's horn trumpet (69×)H4294 2. staff, rod, scepter (63×)H4043 1. shield, defensive weapon (60×)H0646 1. ephod (priestly garment) (49×)H8504 1. blue (violet-blue yarn/fabric) (49×)H2595 1. spear, lance (48×)H2671 1. arrow, projectile weapon (46×)H4818 1. chariot, war-chariot (44×)H3658 1. lyre, harp (stringed instrument) (42×)H1537 1. Gilgal (place name) (41×)H0713 1. purple (fabric/dye) (38×)H0905 3. poles, staves (37×)H7392 1. Qal participle: rider, charioteer (37×)H4501 1. cultic lampstand (menorah) (36×)H0212 1. wheel (35×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֲגָלָה n.f. cart (from rolling of wheels; NH id.; Ph. (Pu.) עגלת (?) Lzb336; Aramaic עֲגַלְתָּא, ܥܳܓܶܠܬܳܐ; Sem. loan-word in Egyptian āgartȧ Bondi38, ʿagolt ErmanEgyptian 491; cf. also WilkinsonAnc. Egypt. (1878), i. 223–241, especially 235, also 249 (illustr. vehicles drawn by cattle, cf. 1 S 6:7 Nu 7:3));—abs. ע׳ 1 S 6:7 +, sf. עֶגְלָתוֹ Is 28:28; pl. עֲגָלוֹת Gn 45:19 +; cstr. עֶגְלֹת Nu…