אגודל

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־ד־ל (g-d-l)
9 terms

First appearing in Mishnaic Hebrew and stemming from the same root as גָּדוֹל (gadól, “big, large”) with a prosthetic aleph, thus meaning "the large finger".

Pronunciation

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔă.ʁuːˈðɔːl/ [ʔa.ʁuːˈðɔːl]
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔə.ʁuˈðɔl/ [ʔæ.ʁuːˈðɔːl]
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)a.ɡuˈdal/
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Noun

אֲגוּדָל • ('agudál) m (plural indefinite אֲגוּדָלִים, singular construct אֲגוּדַל־, plural construct אֲגוּדְלֵי־) [pattern: קוּטָל]

(Mishnaic Hebrew) thumb (the short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers)
thumbsbreadth

Declension

Declension of **אֲגוּדָל**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	אֲגוּדָל	first	אֲגוּדָלִי		אֲגוּדָלֵנוּ
	definite	הָאֲגוּדָל	second	אֲגוּדָלְךָ	אֲגוּדָלֵךְ	אֲגוּדַלְכֶם	אֲגוּדַלְכֶן
	construct	אֲגוּדַל־	third	אֲגוּדָלוֹ	אֲגוּדָלָהּ	אֲגוּדָלָם	אֲגוּדָלָן
plural	indefinite	אֲגוּדָלִים	first	אגודליי / אֲגוּדָלַי		אֲגוּדָלֵינוּ
	definite	הָאֲגוּדָלִים	second	אֲגוּדָלֶיךָ	אגודלייך / אֲגוּדָלַיִךְ	אֲגוּדְלֵיכֶם	אֲגוּדְלֵיכֶן
	construct	אֲגוּדְלֵי־	third	אֲגוּדָלָיו	אֲגוּדָלֶיהָ	אֲגוּדְלֵיהֶם	אֲגוּדְלֵיהֶן

Alternative forms

גּוּדָל (gudál)

Synonyms

בּוֹהֶן (bóhen)

References

Klein, Ernest (1987) “אֲגוּדָל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 5b
Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 11b
“אגודל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language