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title: מְגוּרִים — sojourning-place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְגוּרִים (4033), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: sojourning-place. BDB 1906: sojourning-place, dwelling-place, sojourning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְגוּרִים

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«מְגוּרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sojourning-place** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 4033 · **BDB:** מָגוֹר

### Glosses

their.sojournings (4); my.sojournings (2); your.sojournings (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sojourning-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4033/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

sojourning-place, dwelling-place, sojourning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4033/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sojourning-place, dwelling-place, sojourning—sf. מְגוּרָם ψ 55:16; pl. cstr. מְגוּרֵי Gn 37:1; sf. מְגוּרַי Gn 47:9, מְגוּרָ֑י ψ 119:54, מְגֻרֶיךָ Gn 17:8; 28:4, מְגוּרָיו Jb 18:19, מְגוּרֵיהֶם Gn 36:7 + 2 times, מְגֻרֵיהֶם Ex 6:4;—dwelling-place ψ 55:16 Jb 18:19;—sojourning(-place), always pl., אֶרֶץ מ׳ Gn 17:8; 28:4; 36:7; 37:1 Ex 6:4 (Hex always P) Ez 20:38; sojourning (pl.) = life-time, שְׁנֵי מ׳ Gn 47:9 יְמֵי מ׳ Gn 47:9; cf. בֵּית מ׳ ψ 119:54.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְגוּרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4033/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.54/)

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זְ֭מִרוֹת הָֽיוּ־לִ֥י חֻקֶּ֗יךָ בְּבֵ֣ית מְגוּרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* songs they.have.been for me decrees your in the.house my.sojournings my

*JPS 1917:* Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

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[Genesis 37:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.1/)

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וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מְגוּרֵ֣י אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃

*Word for word:* and he.dwelt Jacob in the.land of.the.sojournings his.father his in the.land of.Canaan

*JPS 1917:* And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

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