מול

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Contraction of מאול, from the root אול (“to be in-front”)

Preposition

מוּל • (mul)

1. Opposite, against, facing.

Derived terms

• מוּל עֵינֵי (mul einéi)
• מִמּוּל (לְ־) (mimúl (l'-), “across (from)”)

References

• H4136 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

From English mole.

Noun

מוֹל • (mol) m

1. (chemistry, physics) mole (in the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×10²³ elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.))

Etymology 3

From French moule.

מולים

Noun

מוֹל • (mul) m (plural indefinite מולים)

1. (zoology) mussel

References

• “מול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• מול on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he