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title: מָגוֹג — Magog · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָגוֹג (4031), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Magog. BDB 1906: n.pr.terr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָגוֹג

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«מָגוֹג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Magog** — 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:** 4031 · **BDB:** מָגוֹג

### Glosses

Magog (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Magog [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4031/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.terr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4031/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.terr. (= land of Gog? cf. DlPa 246 LenOr. ii. 1, 465)—Ez 38:2; 39:6; in Gn 10:2 = 1 Ch 1:5 a son of Japhet, בְּנֵי יֶפֶת גֹּמֶר וּמָגוֹג וּמָדַי וְיָוָן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶשֶׁךְ וְתִירָס; = Scythians? cf. JosAnt. i, 6, 1; LagGes Abh. 158 refers name to mountainous region between Cappadocia and Media; cf. Di Gn 10:2, KiepMBAk Feb. 1889, 207 (N. \& E. Armenia), Len (SE. Armenia), v. especially LenOr. ii. 1, 412–476.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «מָגוֹג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4031/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.2/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Japheth \[were\].Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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[1 Chronicles 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.5/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Japheth \[were\].Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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