STRONGS NUMBER H4136


Word Summary
mul or mol or mol or mul: front, in front of
Original Word: מוּל
Transliteration: mul or mol or mol or mul
Phonetic Spelling: (mool)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: front, in front of
Meaning: abrupt, a precipice, the front, opposite
Strong's Concordance
over against, before, forefront, from, Godward, toward, with

Or mowl (Deuteronomy 1:1) {mole}; or mowtl (Nehemiah 12:38) {mole}; or mul (Numbers 22:5) {mool}; from muwl; properly, abrupt, i.e. A precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite -- (over) against, before, (fore-)front, from, (God-)ward, toward, with.

see HEBREW muwl

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4136. mul

or mol or mol or mul לְמוֺא֯לNehemiah 12:38 read לַשְּׂמאֹל‎, see שׂמאל‎.

I. מוֺל מוּל,‎ ( Deuteronomy 1:1), מוֺאל‎ ( Nehemiah 12:38)

substantive and

preposition front, in front of (derivatives dubious; according to Ol§ 223 c Sta§ 378 a, for מְאוֺל‎ from אוּלto be in front: see further Köii. 300 f. HptBAS i. 172): —

1. substantive only 1 Kings 7:5 (si vera 1.: see StaZAW 1883, 151) אֶלמֶֿחֱזָה מֶחֱזָה וּמוּל‎ and the front of (one) window was towards (the other) window, and Nehemiah 12:38 לְמוֺאל‎ = in the opposite direction (but read probably לִשְׂמאוֺל‎, compare לַיָּמִין12:31). 2 as

preposition, Deuteronomy 1:1; 2:19 עמון בני מוּלin front of the Ammonites, 3:29 (= 4:46; 34:6) פעור בית מוּל‎, 11:30; Joshua 18:18; 19:46 יָפוֺ מוּל1 Samuel 14:5 (twice in verse); figurative Exodus 18:19 האלהים מול לעם אַתָּה הֱיֵהin front of God, i.e. representing God to them. With prefixes: —

a. אלמֿולtowards the front of, 1 Samuel 17:30 וַיִּסֹב אַחֵר אֶלמֿוּל מֵאֶצְלוֺto the front of another; on the front of, Exodus 34:3 (pregnantly) ההר אלמֿול וְאַליִֿרְעוּ‎, Joel Exodus 8:33 (twice in verse); 9:1; 22:11 (see WAWJPhoenician xiii. 117 ff.); specifically אֶלֿ מְּנֵי מוּלtowards or on the forefront of, 26:9; 28:25 ("" 39:18), 39:37; Leviticus 8:9; Numbers 8:2-3, 2 Samuel 11:15 set ye Uriah המלחמה פני אלמֿול‎.

b. מִמּוּל‎: — (a) from the front of, Micah 2:8 (text dubious: read probably מֵעַל‎). (b) of position, off (see מן

1c) the front of, Leviticus 5:8 עָרְמּוֺ מִמּוּלoff the front of its neck, i.e. close in front of it, Numbers 22:5 מִמֻּלִי יושׁב והואclose in front of me, 2 Samuel 5:23 (1 Chronicles 14:14) להם ובאת בכאים ממול‎ come to them off the front of the mulberry-trees, 1 Kings 7:39 (2 Chronicles 4:10) נֶגֶב מִמּוּל‎; מָּנָיו מִמּוּלon the forefront of, Exodus 28:27 ("" 39:20).