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title: מִסְגֶּרֶת — border · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִסְגֶּרֶת (4526), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: border. BDB 1906: n.f. border, rim. fastness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִסְגֶּרֶת

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«מִסְגֶּרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **border** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 4526 · **BDB:** מִסְגֶּ֫רֶת

### Glosses

rims (8); rim (4); strongholds (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

border [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4526/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. border, rim. fastness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4526/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. border, rim. 2. fastness;—abs. מ׳ Ex 25:27; 37:14; cstr. מ׳ 25:25; 37:12; sf. מִסְגַּרְתּוֹ 25:25; 37:12; pl. abs. מִסְגְּרוֹת 1 K 7:28 +; sf. מִסְגְּרֹתֶיהָ v 35, 36, etc.;— border, rim (enclosure), of sacred table in tabern. Ex 25:25(×2), 27 = 37:12(×2), 14; of bases of the sea, in temple 1 K 7:28, 31, 32, 35, 36 (cf. Benz), also 2 K 16:17. fastness, וְיַחְרְגוּ מִמּ׳ ψ 18:46 = 2 S 22:46 (v. חרג) and they shall come quaking out of their fastnesses, so Mi 7:17 (יִרְגְּזוּ, like reptiles), all of nations, in awe of י׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִסְגֶּרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4526/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.46/)

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בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* sons of.foreignness they.withered and they.girded.themselves from strongholds their

*JPS 1917:* The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.

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[Psalms 18:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.46/)

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בְּנֵי־נֵכָ֥ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְ֝יַחְרְג֗וּ מִֽמִּסְגְּרֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* sons of.foreignness they.withered and they.came.trembling from strongholds their

*JPS 1917:* The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.

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