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title: מָגוֹר — fear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָגוֹר (4032), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: fear. BDB 1906: n.m. fear, terror. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָגוֹר

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«מָגוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fear** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 4032 · **BDB:** מָגוֹר²

### Glosses

terror (6); Magor- (1); a.terror (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4032/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fear, terror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4032/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. fear, terror—abs. מ׳ ψ 31:14 + 6 times + Je 20:3 cf. infr.; pl. sf. מְגוּרַי La 2:22;—fear, terror Is 31:9; = cause of terror Je 20:4; elsewhere in phrase, coined by Jerem, מ׳ מִסָּבִיב terror on every side Je 6:25; 20:3 (where as n.pr.), v 10; 46:5; 49:29 ψ 31:14; La 2:22 (מְגוּרַי מִסּ׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָגוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4032/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 6:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.25/)

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אַל־תֵּֽצְאוּ֙ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וּבַדֶּ֖רֶךְ אַל־תֵּלֵ֑כוּ כִּ֚י חֶ֣רֶב לְאֹיֵ֔ב מָג֖וֹר מִסָּבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* do.not go.out the field and on the road do.not walk (dm) a.sword \[belongs\].to.\[the\] enemy terror \[is\].from round.about

*JPS 1917:* Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, and terror on every side.

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[Psalms 31:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.31.14/)

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כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי ׀ דִּבַּ֥ת רַבִּים֮ מָג֪וֹר מִסָּ֫בִ֥יב בְּהִוָּסְדָ֣ם יַ֣חַד עָלַ֑י לָקַ֖חַת נַפְשִׁ֣י זָמָֽמוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.have.heard \[the\].whispering of.many.\[people\] terror \[is\].from around.about when they seated.themselves together on me to take life my they.planned

*JPS 1917:* For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side; while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

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