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title: מְגִדּוֹ — Megiddo · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְגִדּוֹ (4023), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Megiddo. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְגִדּוֹ

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«מְגִדּוֹ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Megiddo** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 4023 · **BDB:** מְגִדּוֹ

### Glosses

Megiddo (6); of.Megiddo (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Megiddo [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4023/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4023/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (Zc 12:11) מְגִדּוֹן n.pr.loc. (connexion with above √ not clear; 𝔊 Μαγεδδω, Μεκεδω, Μαγεδω, etc.; 𝔙 Mageddo; Assyrian Magadû, Magidû, COTGloss DlPa 287) old Canaanitish city, assigned to Manasseh 1 K 4:12; 9:15 2 K 9:27; 23:29, 30; מֶלֶךְ מ׳ Jos 12:21; ישְׁבֵי מ׳ Jos 17:11 = Ju 1:27; מֵי מ׳ Ju 5:19; בִּקְעַת מ׳ Zc 12:11 2 Ch 35:22;—mod. Lejjûn (= legio) RobBR ii, 329 f. 364 BdPal 229.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְגִדּוֹ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4023/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.21/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ תַּעְנַךְ֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ מְגִדּ֖וֹ אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Taanach one the.king of.Megiddo one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

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[Judges 5:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.19/)

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בָּ֤אוּ מְלָכִים֙ נִלְחָ֔מוּ אָ֤ז נִלְחֲמוּ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י כְנַ֔עַן בְּתַעְנַ֖ךְ עַל־מֵ֣י מְגִדּ֑וֹ בֶּ֥צַע כֶּ֖סֶף לֹ֥א לָקָֽחוּ׃

*Word for word:* they.came kings they.fought then they.fought the.kings of.Canaan at Taanach at the.waters of.Megiddo profit of.silver not they.took

*JPS 1917:* The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

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