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# מוֹרַג

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4173

**threshing-sledge** — used 3 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

threshing-sledge [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4173/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מוֹרָג: n.m. threshing-sledge [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4173/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 41:15 threshing-sledge (NH id.; 𝔗 id., S. Arabic نَوْرَجٌ, نَيرٌجْ, Frä 133, cf. BaZA ii. 117 (loan-word in Arabic = ploughshare); mod. مَوْرَج Dozy ii. 623, and نَوْرَجٌ WetzstZ. für Ethnol. 1873, 270 ff., AnderlindZPV ix. 41 f. (ploughshare and harrow));—abs. מ׳ Is 41:15; pl. מֹרִגִּים 2 S 24:22 (+ כְּלֵי הַבָּקָר); מוֹרִגִּים 1 Ch 21:23;—threshing-sledges of Araunah, given by him to David for wood of sacrifice 2 S 24:22 = 1 Ch 21:23; fig. of Israel as instr. of י׳’s judgment Is 41:15. On form of threshing-sledge (mod.; slightly turned up in front, and set with sharp stones or pieces of iron), and threshing-rollers, v. BenzArch. 209 f. NowArch. i. 232 f. Dr Amos, 227 f.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: threshing-sledges (2); threshing-sledge (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 41:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.15/#tree)

הִנֵּ֣ה שַׂמְתִּ֗יךְ לְמוֹרַג֙ חָר֣וּץ חָדָ֔שׁ בַּ֖עַל פִּֽיפִיּ֑וֹת תָּד֤וּשׁ הָרִים֙ וְתָדֹ֔ק וּגְבָע֖וֹת כַּמֹּ֥ץ תָּשִֽׂים׃

*Word for word:* here! I will.make.you (into).a threshing-sledge sharp new an.owner of.edges you.will.thresh mountains and you.will.crush.\[them\] and hills like (the) chaff you.will.make

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I make thee a new threshing-sledge having sharp teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

[2 Samuel 24:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.22/#tree)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲרַ֙וְנָה֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד יִקַּ֥ח וְיַ֛עַל אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ הַטּ֣וֹב בְּעֵינָ֑יו רְאֵה֙ הַבָּקָ֣ר לָעֹלָ֔ה וְהַמֹּרִגִּ֛ים וּכְלֵ֥י הַבָּקָ֖ר לָעֵצִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Araunah to David let.him.take.\[it\] and let.him.offer.up lord my the king the good in eyes his see the ox\[en\] for the.burnt offering and the threshing-sledges and the.equipment(s) of the.ox\[en\] for the wood(s)

*JPS 1917:* And Araunah said unto David: 'Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him; behold the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-instruments and the furniture of the oxen for the wood.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4173.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4173/): 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).