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title: מִגְדָּנֹות — choice thing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִגְדָּנֹות (4030), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: choice thing. BDB 1906: n.f. choice or excellent thing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִגְדָּנֹות

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«מִגְדָּנֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **choice thing** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4030 · **BDB:** מִגְדָּנָה

### Glosses

excellent.gifts (3); gifts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

choice thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4030/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. choice or excellent thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4030/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. choice or excellent thing;—pl. abs. מִגְדָּנוֹת, as gifts, Gn 24:53; 2 Ch 21:3; 32:23 (‖ מִנְחָה), Ezr 1:6.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִגְדָּנֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4030/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 32:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.32.23/)

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וְ֠רַבִּים מְבִיאִ֨ים מִנְחָ֤ה לַיהוָה֙ לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וּמִ֨גְדָּנ֔וֹת לִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּנַּשֵּׂ֛א לְעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם מֵאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* and many.\[people\] \[were\].bringing an.offering to Yahweh to Jerusalem and excellent.gifts to Hezekiah the.king of.Judah and he.was.lifted.up to the.eyes of.all the nations from after thus

*JPS 1917:* And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

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[Genesis 24:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.53/)

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וַיּוֹצֵ֨א הָעֶ֜בֶד כְּלֵי־כֶ֨סֶף וּכְלֵ֤י זָהָב֙ וּבְגָדִ֔ים וַיִּתֵּ֖ן לְרִבְקָ֑ה וּמִ֨גְדָּנֹ֔ת נָתַ֥ן לְאָחִ֖יהָ וּלְאִמָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought.out the servant articles of.silver and articles of.gold and garments and he.gave.\[them\] to Rebekah and excellent.gifts he.gave to brother her and to mother her

*JPS 1917:* And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

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