אגרטל

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• אֲגַרְטֵל (agartél) (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology disputed. Many theories exist, the main ones being:

• From Aramaic קרטל (qarṭāl, “basket”) (Syriac spelling ܩܪܛܠܐ) which itself could be from:
  • Hittite 𒄑𒆳𒋫𒀀𒀠 (kurtal-, kartal-)
  • Middle Persian glyw' (grīw, “a measure of grain, a peck”) + -dʾl (dār, “holder, keeper, container of”), or
  • from Ancient Greek.
• From Ancient Greek κάρταλλος (kártallos, “basket with a pointed bottom”), possibly being from either a native Indo-European source or from Aramaic קרטל (qarṭāl, “basket”).
• the Jerusalem Talmud theorizes that the term is a compound of אָגַר (agar, “to accumulate, to store, to hoard”) +‎ טָלֶה (tale, “lamb”), this combination was because the Agartalim were allegedly used to collect the blood of lambs.

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔăɣ.ar.tˤɔːl/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)a.ɡaʁ.ˈtal/

Noun

אֲגַרְטָל • (agartál) m (plural indefinite אֲגַרְטָלִים, singular construct אֲגַרְטַל־, plural construct אֲגַרְטְלֵי־)

1. (biblical), (archaic) a kind of vessel, basin, basket.
2. vase

   Synonym: ואזה

Declension

Declension of אֲגַרְטָל

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	אֲגַרְטָל	first	אֲגַרְטָלִי		אֲגַרְטָלֵנוּ
	definite	הָאֲגַרְטָל	second	אֲגַרְטָלְךָ	אֲגַרְטָלֵךְ	אֲגַרְטַלְכֶם	אֲגַרְטַלְכֶן
	construct	אֲגַרְטַל־	third	אֲגַרְטָלוֹ	אֲגַרְטָלָהּ	אֲגַרְטָלָם	אֲגַרְטָלָן
plural	indefinite	אֲגַרְטָלִים	first	אגרטליי / אֲגַרְטָלַי		אֲגַרְטָלֵינוּ
	definite	הָאֲגַרְטָלִים	second	אֲגַרְטָלֶיךָ	אגרטלייך / אֲגַרְטָלַיִךְ	אֲגַרְטְלֵיכֶם	אֲגַרְטְלֵיכֶן
	construct	אֲגַרְטְלֵי־	third	אֲגַרְטָלָיו	אֲגַרְטָלֶיהָ	אֲגַרְטְלֵיהֶם	אֲגַרְטְלֵיהֶן

References

• H105 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• "אגרטל" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language