גורל

Cognate with Arabic جَرَل (jaral, “pebble”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈʁal/

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גּוֹרָל • (gorál) m (plural indefinite גוֹרָלוֹת, singular construct גוֹרַל־)

1. A lot
2. One's allotted portion, the result of drawing lots
3. fate, destiny

• English: coral
• Latin: corallium
• Ancient Greek: κοράλλιον (korállion)

• “גורל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H1486 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

From Hebrew גּוֹרָל.

גורל • (goyrl) m, plural גורלות (goyroles)

1. fate, destiny