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title: מִשְׂגָּב — secure height · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׂגָּב (4869), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: secure height. BDB 1906: secure height, retreat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׂגָּב

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«מִשְׂגָּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **secure height** — 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:** 4869 · **BDB:** מִשְׂגָּב²

### Glosses

refuge (9); a.refuge (4); \[is\].a.refuge (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

secure height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4869/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

secure height, retreat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4869/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m. AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 60\] secure height, retreat;—מ׳ ψ 9:10 +; cstr. מִשְׂגַּב Is 25:12; sf. מִשְׂגַּבִּי ψ 18:3 +, etc.;— = stronghold, מִבְצַר מ׳ חֹמֹתֶיךָ Is 25:12. fig. of security Is 33:16. fig. of God as refuge ψ 9:10(×2), 18:3 = 2 S 22:3, ψ 46:8, 12; 48:4; 59:10, 17, 18; 62:3, 7; 94:22; 144:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׂגָּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4869/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 48:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.4/)

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אֱלֹהִ֥ים בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֶ֗יהָ נוֹדַ֥ע לְמִשְׂגָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* God \[is\].in fortresses its he.has.made.himself.known to a.refuge

*JPS 1917:* God in her palaces hath made Himself known for a stronghold.

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[Psalms 59:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.59.10/)

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עֻ֭זּוֹ אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֶשְׁמֹ֑רָה כִּֽי־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* strength his to you I.will.watch (dm) God refuge \[is\].my

*JPS 1917:* Because of his strength, I will wait for Thee; for God is my high tower.

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