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gōrāl גּוֹרָל ‘allotted’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone)

gōrāl n, m
1) lot
 1a) lot-pebbles used for systematically making decisions
2) portion
 2a) lot, portion (thing assigned by casting lots)
 2b) recompense, retribution

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 16:8, 16:9, 16:10 Numbers 26:55, 33:54, 36:3, 36:2, 34:13, 26:56 Joshua 17:1, 19:51, 15:1, 21:4, 21:10, 17:14, 17:17, 18:6, 18:8, 21:8, 21:5, 21:20, 18:10, 14:2, 19:24, 21:6, 18:11, 16:1, 19:1, 19:10, 19:17, 19:32, 19:40, 21:40 Judges 1:3, 20:9 Isaiah 17:14, 57:6, 34:17 Jeremiah 13:25 Ezekiel 24:6 Joel 4:3 Obadiah 1:11 Jonah 1:7 Micah 2:5 Nahum 3:10 Psalms 16:5, 22:19, 125:3 Proverbs 1:14, 16:33, 18:18 Esther 9:24, 3:7 Daniel 12:13 Nehemiah 10:35, 11:1 1 Chronicles 24:31, 26:13, 6:39, 25:9, 24:5, 6:50, 25:8, 6:46, 6:48, 26:14, 24:7

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