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# מִגְדֹּל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4024

**Migdol** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Migdol [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4024/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִגְדֹּל: n.pr. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4024/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. (מִגְדּוֹל only Je 46:14) fortified city on the NE. border of Egypt Ex 14:2 Nu 33:7 Je 44:1; 46:14 Ez 29:10; 30:6; Copt. meschtôl (Champoll.L’Égypte sous les Pharaons ii. 79), Egyptian makƟel EbGS 522.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Migdol (6).

## In the verses

[Numbers 33:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.7/#tree)

וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מֵֽאֵתָ֔ם וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ עַל־פִּ֣י הַחִירֹ֔ת פִּ֣י הַחִירֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־פְּנֵ֖י בַּ֣עַל צְפ֑וֹן בַּ֣עַל צְפ֑וֹן וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י מִגְדֹּֽל׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Etham and he.turned.back to Pi-hahiroth Hahiroth which \[is\].on the.face of Baal-Zephon and they.encamped before Migdol

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon; and they pitched before Migdol.

[Jeremiah 46:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.14/#tree)

הַגִּ֤ידוּ בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וְהַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ בְמִגְדּ֔וֹל וְהַשְׁמִ֥יעוּ בְנֹ֖ף וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס אִמְר֗וּ הִתְיַצֵּב֙ וְהָכֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־אָכְלָ֥ה חֶ֖רֶב סְבִיבֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* declare in Egypt and make.a.proclamation in Migdol and make.a.proclamation in Memphis and in Tahpanhes say take.your.stand and prepare (for yourself (dm) it.will.devour \[the\].sword around you

*JPS 1917:* Declare ye in Egypt, and announce in Migdol, and announce in Noph and in Tahpanhes; say ye: 'Stand forth, and prepare thee, for the sword hath devoured round about thee.'

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4024/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).