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title: מַגְדִּיאֵל — Magdiel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַגְדִּיאֵל (4025), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Magdiel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַגְדִּיאֵל

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«מַגְדִּיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Magdiel** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4025 · **BDB:** מַגְדִּיאֵל

### Glosses

Magdiel (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Magdiel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4025/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4025/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a chief of Edom, Gn 36:43 = 1 Ch 1:54; 𝔊B Μεδιηλ (Ch), 𝔊A Μετοδιηλ (Gn), Μαγεδιηλ (Ch, cf. 𝔊L)—(cf. Sab. מגדעל DerenbÉtudes i. 65, Palm. מגד֗ת (? מגרת) CookAramaicGloss. 70).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַגְדִּיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4025/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.54/)

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אַלּ֥וּף מַגְדִּיאֵ֖ל אַלּ֣וּף עִירָ֑ם אֵ֖לֶּה אַלּוּפֵ֥י אֱדֽוֹם׃פ

*Word for word:* chief Magdiel chief Iram these \[were\].the.chiefs of.Edom

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

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[Genesis 36:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.43/)

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אַלּ֥וּף מַגְדִּיאֵ֖ל אַלּ֣וּף עִירָ֑ם אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ אַלּוּפֵ֣י אֱד֗וֹם לְמֹֽשְׁבֹתָם֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֲחֻזָּתָ֔ם ה֥וּא עֵשָׂ֖ו אֲבִ֥י אֱדֽוֹם׃פ

*Word for word:* chief Magdiel chief Iram these \[were\].the.chiefs of.Edom to their.dwelling places in the.land their.possession their that \[was\].Esau the.ancestor of.Edom

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau the father of the Edomites.

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