me.gil.lah denotes a written roll or scroll, handled, read, written on, and seen in prophetic visions.

The term denotes a roll bearing written words: Jeremiah’s document is written, read, stored, cut up, burned, and replaced, while Ezekiel receives and eats such a roll and Zechariah sees one flying. Its construct forms occur where the roll is linked with what is written on or associated with it.

1. A roll bearing written words · dominant

   In Jeremiah 36:6 the absolute noun identifies the item from which the words of the LORD are read aloud, and in Jeremiah 36:23 the same form is the object Jehudi reads, cuts with a scribe's razor, and throws into the fire. In Ezekiel 3:1 the APB renders the command to eat the item as “eat this scroll,” while Zechariah 5:2 describes the seen object as a flying one with stated dimensions. The construct form in Jeremiah 36:2 occurs in the command to write all the spoken words on a document.

   Jeremiah 36:6Jeremiah 36:23Jeremiah 36:2Ezekiel 3:1Ezekiel 3:3Zechariah 5:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the term as “scroll,” including rolls that are read, carried, eaten, burned, or seen flying. In Jeremiah 36:2 and Jeremiah 36:4 it uses “scroll document”; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.