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title: מַגָּל — sickle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַגָּל (4038), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sickle. BDB 1906: sickle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַגָּל

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«מַגָּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sickle** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4038 · **BDB:** מַגָּל²

### Glosses

(of).a.sickle (1); \[the\].sickle (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sickle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4038/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

sickle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4038/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sickle (Arabic مِنْجَلٌ (yet poss. Aramaic loan-word Frä133), Aramaic ܡܰܓܰܠܬܳܐ );—c. תָּפַשׂ handle, wield Je 50:16 (‖ זָרַע); c. שָׁלַח Jo 4:13 fig. of judgment.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַגָּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4038/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.4.13/)

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שִׁלְח֣וּ מַגָּ֔ל כִּ֥י בָשַׁ֖ל קָצִ֑יר בֹּ֤אֽוּ רְדוּ֙ כִּֽי־מָ֣לְאָה גַּ֔ת הֵשִׁ֙יקוּ֙ הַיְקָבִ֔ים כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה רָעָתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* send.out \[the\].sickle (dm) it.has.grown.ripe \[the\].harvest come tread (dm) it.is.full \[the\].winepress they.are.overflowing the wine-vats (dm) \[is\].great evil their

*JPS 1917:* Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, tread ye, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

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[Jeremiah 50:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.16/)

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כִּרְת֤וּ זוֹרֵ֙עַ֙ מִבָּבֶ֔ל וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ מַגָּ֖ל בְּעֵ֣ת קָצִ֑יר מִפְּנֵי֙ חֶ֣רֶב הַיּוֹנָ֔ה אִ֤ישׁ אֶל־עַמּוֹ֙ יִפְנ֔וּ וְאִ֥ישׁ לְאַרְצ֖וֹ יָנֻֽסוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* cut.off \[the\].sower from Babylon and \[one.who\].wields (of).a.sickle at a.time of.harvest from before the.sword of the.oppressor everyone to people his.own they.will.turn and everyone to his.own land they.will.flee

*JPS 1917:* Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest; For fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

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