I. מוּל, מוֺל ( Deuteronomy 1:1), מוֺאל ( Nehemiah 12:38)

substantive and

preposition front, in front of (derivatives dubious; according to Ol^{§ 223 c} Sta^{§ 378 a, for} מְאוֺל from אוּל to be in front: see further Kö^{ii. 300 f.} Hpt^{BAS i. 172}): —

1. substantive only 1 Kings 7:5 (si vera 1.: see Sta^{ZAW 1883, 151}) וּמוּל מֶחֱזָה אֶלמֶֿחֱזָה and the front of (one) window was towards (the other) window, and Nehemiah 12:38 לְמוֺאל = in the opposite direction (but read probably לִשְׂמאוֺל, compare לַיָּמִין Nehemiah 12:31). 2 as

preposition, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:19 מוּל בני עמון in front of the Ammonites, Deuteronomy 3:29 (= Deuteronomy 4:46; Deuteronomy 34:6) מוּל בית פעור, Deuteronomy 11:30; Joshua 18:18; Joshua 19:46 מוּל יָפוֺ 1 Samuel 14:5 (twice in verse); figurative Exodus 18:19 הֱיֵה אַתָּה לעם מול האלהים in front of God, i.e. representing God to them. With prefixes: —

a. אלמֿול towards the front of, 1 Samuel 17:30 מֵאֶצְלוֺ אֶלמֿוּל אַחֵר וַיִּסֹב to the front of another; on the front of, Exodus 34:3 (pregnantly) וְאַליִֿרְעוּ אלמֿול ההר, Joel Exodus 8:33 (twice in verse); Exodus 9:1; Exodus 22:11 (see WAW^{JPhoenician xiii. 117 ff.}); specifically מוּל מְּנֵי אֶלֿ towards or on the forefront of, Exodus 26:9; Exodus 28:25 ("" Exodus 39:18), Exodus 39:37; Leviticus 8:9; Numbers 8:2,3; 2 Samuel 11:15 set ye Uriah אלמֿול פני המלחמה.

b. מִמּוּל: — (a) from the front of, Micah 2:8 (text dubious: read probably מֵעַל). (b) of position, off (see מן

1c) the front of, Leviticus 5:8 מִמּוּל עָרְמּוֺ off the front of its neck, i.e. close in front of it, Numbers 22:5 והוא יושׁב מִמֻּלִי close in front of me, 2 Samuel 5:23 (1 Chronicles 14:14) ממול בכאים ובאת להם come to them off the front of the mulberry-trees, 1 Kings 7:39 (2 Chronicles 4:10) מִמּוּל נֶגֶב; מִמּוּל מָּנָיו on the forefront of, Exodus 28:27 ("" Exodus 39:20).