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title: מַדְרֵגָה — steep place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַדְרֵגָה (4095), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: steep place. BDB 1906: n.f. steep place, steep. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַדְרֵגָה

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«מַדְרֵגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **steep 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4095 · **BDB:** מַדְרֵגָה

### Glosses

places (1); the.steep.place (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

steep place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4095/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. steep place, steep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4095/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. steep place, steep,—מ׳ Ct 2:14 (‖ סֶ֫לַע), pl. הַמַּדְרֵגוֹת Ez 38:20 (‖ ההרים and חומה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: 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 «מַדְרֵגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4095/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.14/)

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יוֹנָתִ֞י בְּחַגְוֵ֣י הַסֶּ֗לַע בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙ הַמַּדְרֵגָ֔ה הַרְאִ֙ינִי֙ אֶתּ־מַרְאַ֔יִךְהַשְׁמִיעִ֖ינִי אֶת־קוֹלֵ֑ךְ כִּי־קוֹלֵ֥ךְ עָרֵ֖ב וּמַרְאֵ֥יךְ נָאוֶֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* my.dove my in the.clefts of the.rock in the.hiding.place of the.steep.place let me.see (et) form your cause me.to.hear (et) voice your (dm) voice your \[is\].sweet and form your \[is\].lovely

*JPS 1917:* O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.'

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[Ezekiel 38:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.20/)

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וְרָעֲשׁ֣וּ מִפָּנַ֡י דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּם֩ וְע֨וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם וְחַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה וְכָל־הָרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ הָרֹמֵ֣שׂ עַל־הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה וְכֹל֙ הָֽאָדָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה וְנֶהֶרְס֣וּ הֶהָרִ֗ים וְנָֽפְלוּ֙ הַמַּדְרֵג֔וֹת וְכָל־חוֹמָ֖ה לָאָ֥רֶץ תִּפּֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.shake from before me the.fish(es) of the.sea and the.bird\[s\] of the.heavens and the.animal\[s\] of the.field and every (the).creeping thing \[which\] creeps on the ground and all (the) humankind which \[is\].on the.surface of the.ground and they.will.be.thrown.down the mountains and they.will.fall the.steep places and every wall to the ground it.will.fall

*JPS 1917:* so that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the ground, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at My presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

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