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title: מְגוֹרָה — fear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְגוֹרָה (4034), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: fear. BDB 1906: n.f. fear, terror. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְגוֹרָה

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«מְגוֹרָה» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4034 · **BDB:** מְגוֹרָה

### Glosses

fears (2); \[the\].fear (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4034/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. fear, terror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4034/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. fear, terror—cstr. מְגוֹרַת Pr 10:24; pl. sf. מְגוּרוֹתַי ψ 34:5, מְגוּרֹתָם Is 66:4 (on these forms with וּ cf. Ges§ 27. 3. R. 1. \& 85, 48);—terror (= thing dreaded) ψ 34:5 Pr 10:24; Is 66:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «מְגוֹרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4034/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.24/)

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מְגוֹרַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע הִ֣יא תְבוֹאֶ֑נּוּ וְתַאֲוַ֖ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].fear of.a.wicked.\[person\] it it will.come.to.him and.\[the\] desire of.righteous.\[people\] someone.will.give

*JPS 1917:* The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; and the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

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[Psalms 34:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.34.5/)

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דָּרַ֣שְׁתִּי אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה וְעָנָ֑נִי וּמִכָּל־מְ֝גוּרוֹתַ֗י הִצִּילָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* I.sought (et) Yahweh and he answered.me and from all fears my he delivered.me

*JPS 1917:* I sought the LORD, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

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