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title: מֶגֶד — excellence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶגֶד (4022), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: excellence. BDB 1906: n.m. excellence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶגֶד

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«מֶגֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **excellence** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 4022 · **BDB:** מֶ֫גֶד

### Glosses

excellent.gift (5); excellent.things (1); its.excellence(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

excellence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4022/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. excellence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4022/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. excellence (NH id., choice fruit; Syriac ܡܰܓܕܳܐ fruit; Arabic مَجْدٌ glory, honour, nobility);—מ׳ cstr. Dt 33:13 + 4 times Dt 33; pl. מְגָדִים Ct 4:13; 7:14; sf. מְגָדָיו Ct 4:16—excellence: excellent or choice things; always of gifts of nature: מ׳ שָׁמַיִם Dt 33:13 i.e. (natural) gifts of heaven; מ׳ תְּבוּאֹת שֶׁמֶשׁ v 14; מ׳ גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָחִים v 14; מ׳ גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם v 15 (‖ רֹאשׁ הַרֲרֵי קֶדֶם); מ׳ אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ v 16; pl. abstr. פְּרִי מ׳ (= excellent fruit) Ct 4:13, 16; מ׳ alone = foreg., 7:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶגֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4022/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 33:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.33.14/)

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וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד תְּבוּאֹ֣ת שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד גֶּ֥רֶשׁ יְרָחִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and from.\[the\] excellent.gift of.\[the\].produce(s) of.\[the\].sun and from.\[the\] excellent.gift of.\[the\].yield of.\[the\].months

*JPS 1917:* And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons,

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[Deuteronomy 33:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.33.15/)

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וּמֵרֹ֖אשׁ הַרְרֵי־קֶ֑דֶם וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד גִּבְע֥וֹת עוֹלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and from.\[the\] top of.\[the\].mountains of.ancient.time and from.\[the\] excellent.gift of.\[the\].hills of.antiquity

*JPS 1917:* And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

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