בּוּל
bûl

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2024-12-03
Primary meaning Bul (month VIII)
Variants
בּוּל bûl
Edited by
Bul (month VIII) month name, time interval

וּבַשָּׁנָה֩ הָאַחַ֨ת עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה בְּיֶ֣רַח בּ֗וּל ה֚וּא הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י כָּלָ֣ה הַבַּ֔יִת לְכׇל־דְּבָרָ֖יו וּלְכׇל־מִשְׁפָּטָ֑ו וַיִּבְנֵ֖הוּ שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים׃

ûb̲aššānāh hāʾaḥat̲ ʿeśrēh bəyeraḥ bûl hûʾ haḥōd̲eš haššəmînî kālāh habbayit̲ lək̲ol-dəb̲ārāyw ûlək̲ol-mišpāṭāw wayyib̲nēhû šeb̲aʿ šānîm.

‘and in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul—that is, the eighth month—the House was completed according to all its details and all its specifications. It took him seven years to build it.’

— 1 Kings 6 38

Genre: religious text
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). בּוּל (Lemma #2547). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2547/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). בּוּל (Lemma #2547). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2547/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). בּוּל (Lemma #2547). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2547/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) בּוּל (Lemma #2547), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2547/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2547,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {בּוּל ({Lemma} #2547)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2547/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2547/},
}