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title: מְגַר — overthrow · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מְגַר (lemma:מְגַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: overthrow. BDB 1906: vb. overthrow. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְגַר

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«מְגַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **overthrow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מְגַר · **BDB:** מְגַר

### Glosses

may.he.overthrow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

overthrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. overthrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. overthrow (𝔗, Syriac (Lexx.); v. BH (late, rare));—Impf. 3 ms. יְמַגַּר כָּל־מֶלֶךְ Ezr 6:12 (of God).

### Jastrow 1903

מְגַר: Pa to drag down; to throw over to scrape off to diminish, destroy to be diminished [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , Pa. מַגֵּר, מַגֵּיר (b. h. מִגֵּר; cmp. גְּרַר) to drag down; to throw over. Targ. Gen. XLIX, 17 (h. text ויפל). Targ. Ps. LXXXIX, 45. Targ. Ez. XXXIX, 3. Targ. II Kings IX, 33 (h. text שמט). Targ. Is. XXII, 19 (h. text הרס); a. e. \[to scrape off,\] to diminish, destroy (corresp. to b. h. צָמַת a. גָּוַע). Targ. Ps. CXIX, 139. Ib. CI, 5; 8. Ib. CXLIII, 12; a. e. to be diminished. Targ. Job VI, 17. Ib. XXIII, 17 Ms. (ed. אתגמר׳, h. text נצמתי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְגַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.12/)

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וֵֽאלָהָ֞א דִּ֣י שַׁכִּ֧ן שְׁמֵ֣הּ תַּמָּ֗ה יְמַגַּ֞ר כָּל־מֶ֤לֶךְ וְעַם֙ דִּ֣י ׀ יִשְׁלַ֣ח יְדֵ֗הּ לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה לְחַבָּלָ֛ה בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם אֲנָ֤ה דָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ שָׂ֣מֶת טְעֵ֔ם אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא יִתְעֲבִֽד׃פ

*Word for word:* and (the) God who he.has.caused.to.dwell name his there may.he.overthrow every king and people who he.will.stretch.out hand his to violate to destroy the.house of.(the) God this which \[is\].in Jerusalem I Darius I.make a.decree diligently let.it.be.done

*JPS 1917:* and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.'

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