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title: מִגְדָּל — tower · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִגְדָּל (4026), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 45 times: tower. BDB 1906: n.m. tower. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִגְדָּל

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«מִגְדָּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tower** — 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:** 45 times · **Key:** 4026 · **BDB:** מִגְדָּל

### Glosses

towers (15); the.tower (13); tower (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tower [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4026/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. tower [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4026/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. tower, Gn 11:5 + 11 times; cstr. מִגְדַּל Ju 8:17 + 21 times; pl. מִגְדָּלִים 2 Ch 26:9 + 6 times; מִגְדָּלֶיהָ ψ 48:13 Ez 26:4; pl.f. מִגְדָּלוֹת 2 Ch 32:5 + 2 times; cstr. מִגְדְּלוֹת Ct 5:13 (?); sf. מִגְדְּלֹתַיִךְEz 26:9; 27:11;— tower Gn 11:4, 5 Ju 8:9; 9:51(×2), 52(×2) 2 K 9:17; 17:9; 18:8 1 Ch 27:25 2 Ch 14:6; 26:9, 10, 15; 27:4; 32:5 Ne 3:25, 26, 27 Is 2:15; 30:25; 33:18 Ez 26:4, 9; 27:11 ψ 48:13, watch-tower in vineyard Is 5:2; fig. of God as refuge ψ 61:4 Pr 18:10; beautiful neck like tower of David Ct 4:4; an ivory tower 7:5; breasts 8:10. (Cf. MI22 מגדלתה, Sab. (more precisely Liḥyân) מגדלנהן, Eut, v. DHMEpigr. Denkm. 4, 1.5). Special towers mentioned on Lebanon Ct 7:5, Penuel Ju 8:17, Shechem Ju 9:46, 47, 49; and at Jerusalem, the tower of David Ct 4:4 (the arsenal), מֵאָה Ne 3:1, חֲנַנְאֵל Ne 3:1; 12:39(×2) Je 31:38 Zc 14:10, תַּנּוּרִים Ne 3:11; 12:38 (tower of the furnaces). elevated stage, pulpit of wood Ne 8:4. raised bed ‖ עֲרוּגָה Ct 5:13 (but 𝔊 𝔙 Hi read מְגַדְּלוֹת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 40 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִגְדָּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4026/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 48:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.13/)

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סֹ֣בּוּ צִ֭יּוֹן וְהַקִּיפ֑וּהָ סִ֝פְר֗וּ מִגְדָּלֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* go.around Zion and go round.it count towers its

*JPS 1917:* Walk about Zion, and go round about her; count the towers thereof.

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[Psalms 61:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.61.4/)

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כִּֽי־הָיִ֣יתָ מַחְסֶ֣ה לִ֑י מִגְדַּל־עֹ֝֗ז מִפְּנֵ֥י אוֹיֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.have.been a.refuge my a.tower of.strength from before \[the\].enemy

*JPS 1917:* For Thou hast been a refuge for me, a tower of strength in the face of the enemy.

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