gechel · coal, ember

What it means

gechel (גֶּחֶל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “coal, ember”.

A coal: a burning piece of wood or charcoal.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A piece of wood or charcoal glowing without flame, red with heat.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• coals ×15
• coal ×2
• embers ×1

Where it appears

• Leviticus×1
• 2 Samuel×3
• Job×1
• Psalms×5
• Proverbs×3
• Isaiah×2
• Ezekiel×3

• Leviticus 16:12

  And he shall take a full censer of coals of fire from the altar before YHWH, and two handfuls of fine fragrant incense, and bring it inside the veil.

• 2 Samuel 14:7

  And look, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they have said, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and we will destroy the heir too.’ So they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave to my husband name or remnant on the face of the ground.”

• 2 Samuel 22:9

  Smoke went up from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth devoured; coals blazed from him.

• 2 Samuel 22:13

  From the brightness before him coals of fire blazed.

• Job 41:21

  Its breath kindles coals, and a flame from its mouth comes out.

• Psalms 18:8

  Smoke went up in his nostrils, and fire from his mouth devoured; coals blazed from him.

• Psalms 18:12

  From the brightness before him his clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.

• Psalms 18:13

  YHWH thundered in the heavens, and Elyon gave his voice, hail and coals of fire.

• Psalms 120:4

  Sharp arrows of a warrior, with coals of broom.

• Psalms 140:10

  May coals fall upon them; may he make them fall into the fire, into deep pits; may they not rise.

• Proverbs 6:28

  Or can a man walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

• Proverbs 25:22

  for you will heap coals on his head, and YHWH will repay you.

• Proverbs 26:21

  Charcoal for embers and wood for fire, and a man of quarrels for kindling strife.

• Isaiah 44:19

  And he does not bring it back to his heart, and there is no knowledge nor understanding to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire, and also I baked on its coals bread; I roast meat and eat; and the rest of it shall I make into an abomination? Before a block of wood shall I fall down?”

• Isaiah 47:14

  Look, they are like stubble; fire burns them; they will not deliver their soul from the hand of the flame; there is no coal for warming oneself, no fire to sit before.

• Ezekiel 1:13

  And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches; it moved back and forth among the living creatures, and the fire had brightness, and from the fire went out lightning.

• Ezekiel 10:2

  And he spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, “Go in between the whirl, under the cherub, and fill your cupped hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in before my eyes.

• Ezekiel 24:11

  And set it empty on its coals, so that it may get hot and its bronze may become red-hot, and its uncleanness may melt in its midst, its rust be consumed.