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title: מָג — melt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָג (7248), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: melt. BDB 1906: n.m. soothsayer, magian. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָג

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«מָג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **melt** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7248 · **BDB:** מָ֑ג

### Glosses

\[the\].Rab- (2); mag (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

melt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/7248/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. soothsayer, magian [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/7248/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. soothsayer, magian (loan-word from Assyrian maḫḫû. soothsayer, DlHWB397; perhaps orig. Sumerian, DlHA14);—רַב־מָ֑ג Je 39:3, 13 chief-soothsayer, in train of Nebuchadrezzar.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/7248/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 39:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.39.13/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָ֣ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֗ים וּנְבֽוּשַׁזְבָּן֙רַב־סָרִ֔יס וְנֵרְגַ֥ל שַׂר־אֶ֖צֶר נֵרְגַ֥ל שַׂר־אֶ֖צֶרנֵרְגַ֥ל שַׂר־אֶ֖צֶר רַב־מָ֑ג וְכֹ֖ל רַבֵּ֥י מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Nebuzaradan \[the\].chief of.\[the\].bodyguards and Nebushazban \[the\].Rab- saris and Nergal-Sharezer Nergal-Sharezer Nergal-Sharezer \[the\].Rab- mag and all the.chiefs of.the.king of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban Rab-saris, and Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon;

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[Jeremiah 39:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.39.3/)

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וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ כֹּ֚ל שָׂרֵ֣י מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ בְּשַׁ֣עַר הַתָּ֑וֶךְ נֵרְגַ֣ל שַׂר־֠אֶצֶר נֵרְגַ֣ל שַׂר־֠אֶצֶרנֵרְגַ֣ל שַׂר־֠אֶצֶר סַֽמְגַּר־נְב֞וּסַֽמְגַּר־נְב֞וּ שַׂר־סְכִ֣יםשַׂר־סְכִ֣ים רַב־סָרִ֗יס נֵרְגַ֤ל שַׂר־אֶ֙צֶר֙ נֵרְגַ֤ל שַׂר־אֶ֙צֶר֙נֵרְגַ֤ל שַׂר־אֶ֙צֶר֙ רַב־מָ֔ג וְכָל־שְׁאֵרִ֔ית שָׂרֵ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* and they.came all the.officials of.the.king of.Babylon and they.sat in the.gate of the.middle Nergal-Sharezer Nergal-Sharezer Nergal-Sharezer Samgar Nebu Sarsekim Sarsekim \[the\].Rab- saris Nergal-Sharezer Nergal-Sharezer Nergal-Sharezer \[the\].Rab- mag and all the.rest of.the.officials of.the.king of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim Rab-saris, Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

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