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title: מָגַר — cast · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָגַר (4048), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cast. BDB 1906: vb. cast, throw, toss. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָגַר

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«מָגַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cast** — 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:** 4048 · **BDB:** מָגַר

### Glosses

thrown (1); you.have.thrown (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4048/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cast, throw, toss [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4048/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cast, throw, toss (Aramaic ܡܓܰܪ lapsus est et cecidit Lexx.; 𝔗 Pa מַגֵּר hurl down 2 K 9:33, overthrow);— Pt. pass. pl. cstr. מְגוּרֵי אֶל־חֶרֶב הָיוּ Ez 21:17 they are thrown to the sword (on cstr. before prep. v. Ges§ 130. 1 DaSynt. § 28 R 1). Pf. 2 ms. וְכִסְאוֹ לָאָרֶץ מִגַּֽ֯רְתָּה׃ ψ 89:45 and his throne to earth thou hast hurled.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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 «מָגַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4048/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.45/)

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הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ מִטְּהָר֑וֹ וְ֝כִסְא֗וֹ לָאָ֥רֶץ מִגַּֽרְתָּה׃

*Word for word:* you.have.made.cease from luster his and throne his to the ground you.have.thrown

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

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[Ezekiel 21:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.17/)

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זְעַ֤ק וְהֵילֵל֙ בֶּן־אָדָ֔ם כִּי־הִיא֙ הָיתָ֣הבְעַמִּ֔י הִ֖יא בְּכָל־נְשִׂיאֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מְגוּרֵ֤י אֶל־חֶ֙רֶב֙ הָי֣וּ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י לָכֵ֖ן סְפֹ֥ק אֶל־יָרֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* cry.out and wail O.son of.humankind (dm) it it.has.come on people my it \[is\].on all the.princes of.Israel thrown to \[the\].sword they.have.been with people my therefore slap to a.thigh

*JPS 1917:* Cry and wail, son of man; for it is upon My people, it is upon all the princes of Israel; they are thrust down to the sword with My people; smite therefore upon thy thigh.

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