- גֻּלְ׳
- גּוּלְגֹּלֶת, גּוּלְגּוֹלֶת, גֻּלְ׳f. (b. h.; גלל) 1) head, skull. Ab. II, 6. Snh.65b הנשאל בג׳ he who consults a skull (as a conjurer). Koh. R. to XII, 6 ‘the golden bowl (גולת ib.) is the head (bowed down in old age); a. e.Pl. גּוּלְגֹלִיּוֹת. Num. R. s. 19; Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ג׳ וזרועותוכ׳ innumerable skulls, arms 2) capitation tax. Y.Keth.X, end, 34a; ib. XIII, 35d, v. אַרְנוֹנָא. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 1; a. fr.Pl. as above. Y.Peah I, 15b bot.Yalk. Dan. 1061, v. preced.; a. fr.
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