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×)G4143 1. boat, small fishing vessel (45×)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×)
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…