5699. agalah

Lexical Summary

agalah: Cart, Wagon

Original Word: עֲגָלָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: `agalah
Pronunciation: ah-gah-LAH
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-aw-law')
KJV: cart, chariot, wagon
NASB: cart, carts, wagons, cartwheel, chariots, wagon
Word Origin: [from the same as H5696 (עָגוֹל עָגוֹל - circular)]

1. something revolving, i.e. a wheeled vehicle

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cart, chariot, wagon

From the same as agol; something revolving, i.e. A wheeled vehicle -- cart, chariot, wagon

see HEBREW agol

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as egel
Definition
a cart
NASB Translation
cart (14), carts (4), cartwheel (1), chariots (1), wagon (1), wagons (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֲגָלָה noun feminine cart (from rolling of wheels; Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician (Punic) עגלת (?) Lzb³³⁶; Aramaic עֲגַלְתָּא, ; Semitic loan-word in Egyptian ¹garθa Bondi³⁸, ±agolt Erman^{Egypt, 491}; compare also Wilkinson^{Anc.Egypt.(1878),i.223-241, especially 235, also 249} (illustrated vehicles drawn by cattle, compare 1 Samuel 6:7; Numbers 7:3)); — absolute ׳ע 1 Samuel 6:7 +, suffix עֶגְלָתוֺ Isaiah 28:28; plural עֲגָלוֺת Genesis 45:19 +; construct עֶגְלֹת Numbers 7:3; — cart, used for transporting persons and things Genesis 45:19,21,27; Genesis 46:5 (E), 1 Samuel 6:7 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 6:8,10,11,14 (twice in verse), 2 Samuel 6:3 (twice in verse) = 1 Chronicles 13:7 (twice in verse); Numbers 7:3 (צָב ׳ע covered carts), Numbers 7:3; Numbers 7:6; Numbers 7:7; Numbers 7:8 (P); in simile Amos 2:13, עֲבוֺת ׳הַע Isaiah 5:18 cart-rope, ׳אוֺפַן ע Isaiah 28:27 of (threshing-) wagon (compare Dr^{Amos. p. 228}), ׳גִּלְגַּל ע Isaiah 28:28 id.; — ׳ע = war-chariots only Psalm 46:10 (Du transport-wagons).

Topical Lexicon

Word Portrait

עֲגָלָה (’agalah) denotes a wheeled conveyance—cart, wagon, or carriage—built for bearing persons or cargo. Its appearances span patriarchal travel, Levitical logistics, royal processions, and prophetic metaphors, presenting a practical object repeatedly invested with covenantal and theological meaning.

Major Narrative Contexts

1. Provision and Reunion (Genesis 45–46)

Pharaoh orders wagons for Jacob’s household: “Take wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives, and bring your father here” (Genesis 45:19). The sight of the wagons revives Jacob’s spirit (45:27), and they carry the family toward the promised preservation in Goshen (46:5). The wagons thus picture grace‐filled provision, bridging distance between the estranged yet elect family and God’s redemptive plan.

2. Levitical Service and Worship (Numbers 7)

At the tabernacle’s dedication each pair of tribal leaders presents a wagon; Moses assigns two wagons to Gershon for curtains and four to Merari for heavier frames (7:6-8). The carts embody collective responsibility and ordered stewardship: sacred burdens are borne not by ingenuity alone but by obedience to revealed instruction.

3. The Ark of the Covenant

• Philistine Return (1 Samuel 6) – Pagan diviners advise: “Prepare a new cart and two milk cows” (6:7). The same cart conveys the ark back to Israel, emphasizing YHWH’s supremacy over foreign gods.
• Davidic Misstep (2 Samuel 6; 1 Chronicles 13) – David also places the ark “on a new cart” (2 Samuel 6:3), imitating Philistine practice rather than Levitical law. Uzzah’s death exposes the peril of substituting convenience for covenant directives. The cart becomes a cautionary symbol: holy things require holy handling.

4. Divine Sovereignty Over Warfare (Psalm 46:9)

The psalmist proclaims YHWH’s victory: “He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the chariots in the fire.” The cart/chariot, emblem of military might, is rendered kindling under God’s peace‐bringing reign.

5. Prophetic Imagery of Sin and Judgment

• Isaiah 5:18 – Sinners “pull sin along with cart ropes,” illustrating habitual transgression dragged complacently behind.
• Isaiah 28:27-28 – Agricultural carts teach measured discipline: wheels crush grain but do not destroy it, reflecting God’s purposeful chastening.
• Amos 2:13 – “I will crush you in your place as a cart loaded with grain crushes,” picturing judgment’s inevitable weight upon the unrepentant.

Theological Insights

• Grace and Guidance – In Genesis the wagon is an instrument of saving provision, orchestrated by divine sovereignty working through earthly authority (Pharaoh).
• Holiness and Order – Numbers and Samuel reveal that even utilitarian objects become sacred when enlisted for God’s service; misuse invites judgment.
• Victory and Peace – Psalm 46 reframes the cart from a tool of war to tinder for peace, underscoring God’s ultimate control over human power structures.
• Conviction and Consequence – Prophets transform the everyday cart into a moral mirror, exposing sin’s drag and the crushing weight of divine retribution.

Typological and Christological Reflections

The wagons of Egypt foreshadow the greater provision secured in Christ, who carries His people from death to life. Conversely, the cart of Uzzah highlights the necessity of approaching God through the prescribed mediator; Christ fulfills the law so that access may be safe and joyous. The burning of war carts anticipates Messiah’s reign of peace (Isaiah 9:7).

Practical Ministry Applications

• Leadership must balance innovation with fidelity; efficiency never overrides explicit scriptural mandate (cf. David’s cart).
• Congregations can view material resources as divinely entrusted wagons—means to advance gospel mission, relieve burdens, and honor holiness.
• Preachers may employ Isaiah’s threshing illustration to explain pastoral discipline: pressure that refines rather than destroys.

Homiletical Themes and Illustrations

• “Grace-filled Wagons: When God Sends the Means of Reunion” – Genesis 45.
• “New Cart, Old Command: The Danger of Pragmatic Worship” – 2 Samuel 6.
• “The Weight of Sin’s Cart” – Isaiah 5 and Amos 2.
• “From War Carts to Firewood: God Ends the Battle” – Psalm 46.

The humble עֲגָלָה travels through Scripture as more than a vehicle; it conveys lessons of providence, obedience, judgment, and hope, urging believers to let every instrument of life roll in step with God’s revealed will.

Forms and Transliterations

בָּעֲגָל֕וֹת בָּעֲגָלָ֑ה בָּעֲגָלָ֔ה בָּעֲגָלָֽה׃ בעגלה בעגלה׃ בעגלות הָ֣עֲגָל֔וֹת הָ֣עֲגָלָ֔ה הָעֲגָלָ֑ה הָעֲגָלָ֔ה הָעֲגָלָ֖ה הָעֲגָלָ֥ה הָעֲגָלֹ֖ת הָעֲגָלֹ֗ת העגלה העגלות העגלת וְהָעֲגָלָ֡ה והעגלה עֲ֝גָל֗וֹת עֲגָל֖וֹת עֲגָל֗וֹת עֲגָלָ֔ה עֲגָלָ֛ה עֲגָלָ֣ה עֲגָלָ֤ה עֶגְלָת֛וֹ עֶגְלֹ֥ת עגלה עגלות עגלת עגלתו ‘ă·ḡā·lāh ‘ă·ḡā·lō·wṯ ‘ăḡālāh ‘ăḡālōwṯ ‘eḡ·lā·ṯōw ‘eḡ·lōṯ ‘eḡlāṯōw ‘eḡlōṯ agaLah agaLot bā‘ăḡālāh bā‘ăḡālōwṯ bā·‘ă·ḡā·lāh bā·‘ă·ḡā·lō·wṯ baagaLah baagaLot eglaTo egLot hā‘ăḡālāh hā‘ăḡālōṯ hā‘ăḡālōwṯ hā·‘ă·ḡā·lāh hā·‘ă·ḡā·lō·wṯ hā·‘ă·ḡā·lōṯ haagaLah haagaLot vehaagaLah wə·hā·‘ă·ḡā·lāh wəhā‘ăḡālāh

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 45:19
HEB: מֵאֶ֨רֶץ מִצְרַ֜יִם עֲגָל֗וֹת לְטַפְּכֶם֙ וְלִנְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם
NAS: take wagons from the land
KJV: ye; take you wagons out of the land
INT: the land of Egypt wagons your little your wives

Genesis 45:21
HEB: לָהֶ֥ם יוֹסֵ֛ף עֲגָל֖וֹת עַל־ פִּ֣י
NAS: gave them wagons according
KJV: gave them wagons, according to the commandment
INT: gave and Joseph wagons according to the command

Genesis 45:27
HEB: וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־ הָ֣עֲגָל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁלַ֥ח
NAS: to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph
KJV: unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph
INT: to saw the wagons after had sent

Genesis 46:5
HEB: וְאֶת־ נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם בָּעֲגָל֕וֹת אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁלַ֥ח
NAS: and their wives in the wagons which
KJV: and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh
INT: and their little and their wives the wagons which had sent

Numbers 7:3
HEB: יְהוָ֗ה שֵׁשׁ־ עֶגְלֹ֥ת צָב֙ וּשְׁנֵ֣י
NAS: six covered carts and twelve oxen,
KJV: six covered wagons, and twelve oxen;
INT: the LORD six carts covered for two

Numbers 7:3
HEB: עָשָׂ֣ר בָּקָ֔ר עֲגָלָ֛ה עַל־ שְׁנֵ֥י
NAS: oxen, a cart for [every] two
KJV: oxen; a wagon for two
INT: and twelve oxen A cart and for two

Numbers 7:6
HEB: מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־ הָעֲגָלֹ֖ת וְאֶת־ הַבָּקָ֑ר
NAS: took the carts and the oxen
KJV: took the wagons and the oxen,
INT: took Moses the carts and the oxen and gave

Numbers 7:7
HEB: אֵ֣ת ׀ שְׁתֵּ֣י הָעֲגָלֹ֗ת וְאֵת֙ אַרְבַּ֣עַת
NAS: Two carts and four oxen
KJV: Two wagons and four oxen
INT: Two carts and four oxen

Numbers 7:8
HEB: וְאֵ֣ת ׀ אַרְבַּ֣ע הָעֲגָלֹ֗ת וְאֵת֙ שְׁמֹנַ֣ת
NAS: and four carts and eight oxen
KJV: And four wagons and eight oxen
INT: and four carts and eight oxen

1 Samuel 6:7
HEB: קְח֨וּ וַעֲשׂ֜וּ עֲגָלָ֤ה חֲדָשָׁה֙ אֶחָ֔ת
NAS: and prepare a new cart and two milch
KJV: a new cart, and take two
INT: take and prepare cart A new a

1 Samuel 6:7
HEB: אֶת־ הַפָּרוֹת֙ בָּעֲגָלָ֔ה וַהֲשֵׁיבֹתֶ֧ם בְּנֵיהֶ֛ם
NAS: the cows to the cart and take
KJV: the kine to the cart, and bring
INT: and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves

1 Samuel 6:8
HEB: אֹתוֹ֙ אֶל־ הָ֣עֲגָלָ֔ה וְאֵ֣ת ׀ כְּלֵ֣י
NAS: and place it on the cart; and put
KJV: and lay it upon the cart; and put
INT: and place on the cart the articles of gold

1 Samuel 6:10
HEB: עָל֔וֹת וַיַּאַסְר֖וּם בָּעֲגָלָ֑ה וְאֶת־ בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם
NAS: and hitched them to the cart, and shut
KJV: and tied them to the cart, and shut up
INT: milch and hitched to the cart their calves and shut

1 Samuel 6:11
HEB: יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־ הָעֲגָלָ֑ה וְאֵ֣ת הָאַרְגַּ֗ז
NAS: of the LORD on the cart, and the box
KJV: of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer
INT: of the LORD on the cart and the box mice

1 Samuel 6:14
HEB: וְהָעֲגָלָ֡ה בָּ֠אָה אֶל־
NAS: The cart came into the field
KJV: And the cart came into the field
INT: the cart came into

1 Samuel 6:14
HEB: אֶת־ עֲצֵ֣י הָעֲגָלָ֔ה וְאֶת־ הַ֨פָּר֔וֹת
NAS: the wood of the cart and offered
KJV: the wood of the cart, and offered
INT: split the wood of the cart the cows and offered

2 Samuel 6:3
HEB: הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־ עֲגָלָ֣ה חֲדָשָׁ֔ה וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֔הוּ
NAS: on a new cart that they might bring
KJV: upon a new cart, and brought
INT: of God about cart A new bring

2 Samuel 6:3
HEB: נֹהֲגִ֖ים אֶת־ הָעֲגָלָ֥ה חֲדָשָֽׁה׃
NAS: were leading the new cart.
KJV: drave the new cart.
INT: of Abinadab were leading cart the new

1 Chronicles 13:7
HEB: הָאֱלֹהִים֙ עַל־ עֲגָלָ֣ה חֲדָשָׁ֔ה מִבֵּ֖ית
NAS: on a new cart from the house
KJV: in a new cart out of the house
INT: of God and cart A new the house

1 Chronicles 13:7
HEB: וְאַחְי֔וֹ נֹהֲגִ֖ים בָּעֲגָלָֽה׃
NAS: and Ahio drove the cart.
KJV: and Ahio drave the cart.
INT: and Ahio drove the cart

Psalm 46:9
HEB: וְקִצֵּ֣ץ חֲנִ֑ית עֲ֝גָל֗וֹת יִשְׂרֹ֥ף בָּאֵֽשׁ׃
NAS: He burns the chariots with fire.
KJV: he burneth the chariot in the fire.
INT: and cuts the spear the chariots burns fire

Isaiah 5:18
HEB: הַשָּׁ֑וְא וְכַעֲב֥וֹת הָעֲגָלָ֖ה חַטָּאָֽה׃
NAS: And sin as if with cart ropes;
KJV: and sin as it were with a cart rope:
INT: of falsehood ropes cart and sin

Isaiah 28:27
HEB: קֶ֔צַח וְאוֹפַ֣ן עֲגָלָ֔ה עַל־ כַּמֹּ֖ן
NAS: Nor is the cartwheel driven
KJV: with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel
INT: dill wheel is the cartwheel over cummin

Isaiah 28:28
HEB: וְ֠הָמַם גִּלְגַּ֧ל עֶגְלָת֛וֹ וּפָרָשָׁ֖יו לֹֽא־
NAS: Because the wheel of [his] cart and his horses
KJV: [it with] the wheel of his cart, nor bruise
INT: damage the wheel of cart and his horses does not

Amos 2:13
HEB: כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר תָּעִיק֙ הָעֲגָלָ֔ה הַֽמְלֵאָ֥ה לָ֖הּ
NAS: beneath you As a wagon is weighted down
KJV: Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed
INT: after down A wagon fruit sheaves

25 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5699
25 Occurrences

‘ă·ḡā·lāh — 5 Occ.
‘ă·ḡā·lō·wṯ — 3 Occ.
bā·‘ă·ḡā·lāh — 3 Occ.
bā·‘ă·ḡā·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
‘eḡ·lā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
‘eḡ·lōṯ — 1 Occ.
hā·‘ă·ḡā·lāh — 6 Occ.
hā·‘ă·ḡā·lō·wṯ — 4 Occ.
wə·hā·‘ă·ḡā·lāh — 1 Occ.