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title: מִגְדֹּל — Migdol · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִגְדֹּל (4024), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Migdol. BDB 1906: n.pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִגְדֹּל

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«מִגְדֹּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Migdol** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4024 · **BDB:** מִגְדֹּל

### Glosses

Migdol (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Migdol [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4024/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4024/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. (מִגְדּוֹל only Je 46:14) fortified city on the NE. border of Egypt Ex 14:2 Nu 33:7 Je 44:1; 46:14 Ez 29:10; 30:6; Copt. meschtôl (Champoll.L’Égypte sous les Pharaons ii. 79), Egyptian makƟel EbGS 522.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִגְדֹּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4024/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 33:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.7/)

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וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מֵֽאֵתָ֔ם וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ עַל־פִּ֣י הַחִירֹ֔ת פִּ֣י הַחִירֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־פְּנֵ֖י בַּ֣עַל צְפ֑וֹן בַּ֣עַל צְפ֑וֹן וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י מִגְדֹּֽל׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Etham and he.turned.back to Pi-hahiroth Hahiroth which \[is\].on the.face of Baal-Zephon and they.encamped before Migdol

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon; and they pitched before Migdol.

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[Jeremiah 46:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.14/)

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הַגִּ֤ידוּ בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וְהַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ בְמִגְדּ֔וֹל וְהַשְׁמִ֥יעוּ בְנֹ֖ף וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס אִמְר֗וּ הִתְיַצֵּב֙ וְהָכֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־אָכְלָ֥ה חֶ֖רֶב סְבִיבֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* declare in Egypt and make.a.proclamation in Migdol and make.a.proclamation in Memphis and in Tahpanhes say take.your.stand and prepare (for yourself (dm) it.will.devour \[the\].sword around you

*JPS 1917:* Declare ye in Egypt, and announce in Migdol, and announce in Noph and in Tahpanhes; say ye: 'Stand forth, and prepare thee, for the sword hath devoured round about thee.'

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