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title: מְגִלָּה — roll · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְגִלָּה (4039), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: roll. BDB 1906: n.f. roll. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְגִלָּה

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«מְגִלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **roll** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 4039 · **BDB:** מְגִלָּה

### Glosses

scroll (14); a.scroll (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

roll [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4039/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. roll [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4039/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. roll (writing, book; late)—מ׳ Je 36:28 + 16 times; cstr. מְגִלַּת־ ψ 40:8 + 3 times;—roll of writing, book מְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר Je 36:2, 4 Ez 2:9 ψ 40:8; מ׳ alone Je 36:6, 14(×2), 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28(×2), 29, 32 Ez 3:1, 2, 3 Zc 5:1, 2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְגִלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4039/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 40:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.40.8/)

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אָ֣ז אָ֭מַרְתִּי הִנֵּה־בָ֑אתִי בִּמְגִלַּת־סֵ֝֗פֶר כָּת֥וּב עָלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* then I.said here! I.have.come in.\[the\] scroll of.\[the\].book \[it.is\].written on me

*JPS 1917:* Then said I: 'Lo, I am come with the roll of a book which is prescribed for me;

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[Zechariah 5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.5.1/)

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וָאָשׁ֕וּב וָאֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֖י וָֽאֶרְאֶ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֥ה עָפָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.returned and I.lifted.up eyes my and I.saw and there! a.scroll flying

*JPS 1917:* Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a flying roll.

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