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# מִשְׂגָּב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4869

**secure height** — used 17 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

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִשְׂגָּב²: secure height, retreat [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4869/#m2)

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: refuge (9); a refuge (4); \[is\] a refuge (2).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4869.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4869/): 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).