Strong's Definition
from 1556; a roll
KJV Usage: roll, volume
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מְגִלָּה (me.gil.lah) — scroll. roll, book, writing Aramaic equivalent: me.gil.lah (מְגִלָּה "scroll" H4040)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · גלל
Scrolls
scroll = long strip of writing material made by sewing together sheets of papyrus or parchment; this strip was then rolled up from one end or from both ends to form one or two cylinders; usually the ends of the scroll were attached to sticks, around which the scroll was rolled; an unrolled scroll was often about 10 meters in length and stood approximately 23–25 centimeters high; the term מְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר seems to be the more complete term for a book scroll, as it occurs at the beginning of passages in which scrolls play a roll; the shorter term מְגִלָּה is used after that
EZR 6:2 · PSA 40:8 · JER 36:2 · JER 36:4 · JER 36:6 · JER 36:14 · JER 36:14 · JER 36:20 · JER 36:21 · JER 36:23 · JER 36:25 · JER 36:27 · JER 36:28 · JER 36:28 · JER 36:29 · JER 36:32 · EZK 2:9 · EZK 3:1 · EZK 3:2 · EZK 3:3 · ZEC 5:1 · ZEC 5:2
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מְגִלָּה n.f. roll (writing, book; late) base
