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title: מוֹרַג — threshing-sledge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹרַג (4173), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: threshing-sledge. BDB 1906: n.m. threshing-sledge. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹרַג

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«מוֹרַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **threshing-sledge** — 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:** 4173 · **BDB:** מוֹרָג

### Glosses

threshing-sledges (2); threshing-sledge (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

threshing-sledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4173/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. threshing-sledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4173/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 41:15 threshing-sledge (NH id.; 𝔗 id., S. Arabic نَوْرَجٌ, نَيرٌجْ, Frä 133, cf. BaZA ii. 117 (loan-word in Arabic = ploughshare); mod. مَوْرَج Dozy ii. 623, and نَوْرَجٌ WetzstZ. für Ethnol. 1873, 270 ff., AnderlindZPV ix. 41 f. (ploughshare and harrow));—abs. מ׳ Is 41:15; pl. מֹרִגִּים 2 S 24:22 (+ כְּלֵי הַבָּקָר); מוֹרִגִּים 1 Ch 21:23;—threshing-sledges of Araunah, given by him to David for wood of sacrifice 2 S 24:22 = 1 Ch 21:23; fig. of Israel as instr. of י׳’s judgment Is 41:15. On form of threshing-sledge (mod.; slightly turned up in front, and set with sharp stones or pieces of iron), and threshing-rollers, v. BenzArch. 209 f. NowArch. i. 232 f. Dr Amos, 227 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «מוֹרַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4173/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 41:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.15/)

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הִנֵּ֣ה שַׂמְתִּ֗יךְ לְמוֹרַג֙ חָר֣וּץ חָדָ֔שׁ בַּ֖עַל פִּֽיפִיּ֑וֹת תָּד֤וּשׁ הָרִים֙ וְתָדֹ֔ק וּגְבָע֖וֹת כַּמֹּ֥ץ תָּשִֽׂים׃

*Word for word:* here! I will.make.you (into).a threshing-sledge sharp new an.owner of.edges you.will.thresh mountains and you.will.crush.\[them\] and hills like (the) chaff you.will.make

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I make thee a new threshing-sledge having sharp teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

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[2 Samuel 24:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.22/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲרַ֙וְנָה֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד יִקַּ֥ח וְיַ֛עַל אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ הַטּ֣וֹב בְּעֵינָ֑יו רְאֵה֙ הַבָּקָ֣ר לָעֹלָ֔ה וְהַמֹּרִגִּ֛ים וּכְלֵ֥י הַבָּקָ֖ר לָעֵצִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Araunah to David let.him.take.\[it\] and let.him.offer.up lord my the king the good in eyes his see the ox\[en\] for the.burnt offering and the threshing-sledges and the.equipment(s) of the.ox\[en\] for the wood(s)

*JPS 1917:* And Araunah said unto David: 'Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him; behold the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-instruments and the furniture of the oxen for the wood.'

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