גֻּלֹּ֥ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 גֻּלֹּ֥ת

   gu-LOT

   the springs
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 גֻּלֹּ֥ת תַּחְתִּיּוֹת׃

   gu-LOT takh-ti-YOT

   the springs lower
3. clause🔊 וַיִּתֶּן־לָ֗הּ אֵ֚ת גֻּלֹּ֣ת עִלִּיּוֹת וְאֵ֖ת גֻּלֹּ֥ת תַּחְתִּיּוֹת׃

   va-yi-TEN-lah ET gu-LOT il-li-YOT ve-ET gu-LOT takh-ti-YOT

   and he gave to her the springs upper and the springs lower
4. sentence🔊 וַתֹּ֜אמֶר תְּנָה־לִּ֣י בְרָכָ֗ה כִּ֣י אֶ֤רֶץ הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ נְתַתָּ֔נִי וְנָתַתָּ֥ה לִ֖י גֻּלֹּ֣ת מָ֑יִם וַיִּתֶּן־לָ֗הּ אֵ֚ת גֻּלֹּ֣ת עִלִּיּוֹת וְאֵ֖ת גֻּלֹּ֥ת תַּחְתִּיּוֹת׃

   va-to-MER te-NA-li ve-ra-KHA KI E-retz ha-NE-gev ne-ta-ta-NI ve-na-ta-TA LI gu-LOT MA-yim va-yi-TEN-lah ET gu-LOT il-li-YOT ve-ET gu-LOT takh-ti-YOT

   and she said give me a blessing because land of the Negev you have given me and give to me springs of water and he gave to her the springs upper and the springs lower

Exegesis

The noun gūllōṯ māyim {גֻּלֹּת מָיִם | gūllōṯ māyim} ‘springs of water’ is a noun compound in the construct state.

The double object structure, signaled by ʾet {אֵת | ʾet} ‘direct-object marker’, takes gūllōṯ ʿilliyyōṯ {גֻּלֹּת עִלִּיּוֹת | gūllōṯ ʿilliyyōṯ} ‘upper springs’ and gūllōṯ ṭaḥtiyyōṯ {גֻּלֹּת תַּחְתִּיוֹת | gūllōṯ ṭaḥtiyyōṯ} ‘lower springs’, creating parallelism that highlights both water sources.

Root and etymology

g-l-l🔊 ג־ל־לgimel–lamed–lamed

“to roll, to spring”

• 🔊 גַּלgalwave, heap of stonesGenesis 31:46