STRONGS NUMBER H105

H105. agartal

[אֲגַרְטָל‎] noun masculine a kind of vessel, basin or basket (?; others basket-like, basket-shaped vessel); only plural construct זָהָב אֲגַרְטְלֵי‎, & ׳א כֶסֶף‎, both Ezra 1:9, denoting vessels from temple at Jerusalem restored by Cyrus. (Etymology & meaning dubious compare above; A ᵐ5‎^L Manuscripts ᵐ5‎ of ψυκτῆρες, wine-coolers; B omits; now commonly compared with Aramaic קַרְטָלִיתָא‎ Levy NHWB^{iv. 376}, , Arabic , , supposed to be loan-word from Hellenistic Greek κάρταλος, κάρταλλος (e.g. ᵐ5‎ 2 Kings 10:7, Hebrew דּוּדִים‎), all = basket, fruit-basket, etc., canistrum (so MV BeRy SS); but κάρταλλος itself is possibly a Persian or Semitic loan-word; compare especially Frä^77f.; further conjectures in Thes BeRy.)

גרל‎ (compare Arabic , & plural , stones, or stony place planted with trees; stony; , , stony ground, stones; hence following, because stones were used in casting lots; compare Greek ψῆφος pebble, vote; κύσμος bean, lot).