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title: מַרְגְּלֹת — place of the feet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְגְּלֹת (4772), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: place of the feet. BDB 1906: pl.denom. place of the feet, feet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְגְּלֹת

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«מַרְגְּלֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place of the feet** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4772 · **BDB:** מַרְגְּלוֹת²

### Glosses

feet (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place of the feet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4772/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl.denom. place of the feet, feet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4772/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] pl.denom. place of the feet, feet (cf. \[מְרַאֲשׁוֹת\] sub I. ראשׁ);—sf. מַרְגְּלֹתָיו place of his feet Ru 3:4, 7; adv. = at his feet v 8 + v 14 Qr (Kt מרגלתו); = his feet Dn 10:6 (opp. זְרֹעֹתָיו).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְגְּלֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4772/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.3.8/)

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וַיְהִי֙ בַּחֲצִ֣י הַלַּ֔יְלָה וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד הָאִ֖ישׁ וַיִּלָּפֵ֑ת וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִשָּׁ֔ה שֹׁכֶ֖בֶת מַרְגְּלֹתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and it.was in the.middle of the.night and he.trembled the man and he.twisted and there! a.woman \[was\].lying.down feet his

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

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[Ruth 3:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.3.14/)

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וַתִּשְׁכַּ֤ב מַרְגְּלוֹתָיוֹ֙עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַתָּ֕קָם בְּטֶ֛רֶם יַכִּ֥יר אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַל־יִוָּדַ֔ע כִּי־בָ֥אָה הָאִשָּׁ֖ה הַגֹּֽרֶן׃

*Word for word:* and she.lay.down feet his until the morning and she.arose before he.recognized anyone (et) neighbor his and he.said not let.it.be.known (dm).that she.came the woman the.threshing floor

*JPS 1917:* And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said: 'Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.'

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