---
title: מַרְגֵּמָה — sling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְגֵּמָה (4773), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: sling. BDB 1906: n.f. sling. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4773.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-8.md)‎ / מַרְגֵּמָה‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# מַרְגֵּמָה

<!-- .meta -->
«מַרְגֵּמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sling** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4773 · **BDB:** מַרְגֵּמָה²

### Glosses

a.sling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4773/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4773/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sling (?; implement of hurling stone? so 𝔊 al.; Thes al. stone-heap);—כִּצְרוֹר אֶבֶן בְּמ׳ Pr 26:8, v. especially Toy.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְגֵּמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4773/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 26:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.8/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
כִּצְר֣וֹר אֶ֭בֶן בְּמַרְגֵּמָ֑ה כֵּן־נוֹתֵ֖ן לִכְסִ֣יל כָּבֽוֹד׃

*Word for word:* as ties a.stone in a.sling \[is\].so \[one.who\].gives to a.fool honor

*JPS 1917:* As a small stone in a heap of stones, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [מַרְגְּלֹת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4772.md)
- next →: [מַרְגֵּעָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4774.md)
- ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-8.md)