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boÌ„lt (× ×¢×œ, nā‛al, “to bind upâ€): The ancient Hebrews had fastenings of wood or iron for the doors of houses (, ; ), city gates (, , -15), prison doors, etc. (), which were in the form of bolts. These were sometimes pushed back from within; but there were others which, by means of a key, could be unfastened and pushed back from without (). These were almost the only form of locks known. See BAR; LOCKS.
In , resheph (a poetic word for “flameâ€) is rendered “fiery bolts†(the King James Version “burning coalsâ€). It seems to denote “the fiery bolts, by which Yahweh was imagined to produce pestilence or fever†(Driver, Deuteronomy, 367).