מְגַר

Biblical Aramaic

overthrow — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

overthrow tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְגַר: vb. overthrow tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. overthrow (𝔗, Syriac (Lexx.); v. BH (late, rare));—Impf. 3 ms. יְמַגַּר כָּל־מֶלֶךְ Ezr 6:12 (of God).

Jastrow 1903

מְגַר: Pa to drag down; to throw over to scrape off to diminish, destroy to be diminished tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

, Pa. מַגֵּר, מַגֵּיר (b. h. מִגֵּר; cmp. גְּרַר) to drag down; to throw over. Targ. Gen. XLIX, 17 (h. text ויפל). Targ. Ps. LXXXIX, 45. Targ. Ez. XXXIX, 3. Targ. II Kings IX, 33 (h. text שמט). Targ. Is. XXII, 19 (h. text הרס); a. e. [to scrape off,] to diminish, destroy (corresp. to b. h. צָמַת a. גָּוַע). Targ. Ps. CXIX, 139. Ib. CI, 5; 8. Ib. CXLIII, 12; a. e. to be diminished. Targ. Job VI, 17. Ib. XXIII, 17 Ms. (ed. אתגמר׳, h. text נצמתי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: may he overthrow (1).

In the verses

Ezra 6:12 · tree →

וֵֽאלָהָ֞א דִּ֣י שַׁכִּ֧ן שְׁמֵ֣הּ תַּמָּ֗ה יְמַגַּ֞ר כָּל־מֶ֤לֶךְ וְעַם֙ דִּ֣י ׀ יִשְׁלַ֣ח יְדֵ֗הּ לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה לְחַבָּלָ֛ה בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם אֲנָ֤ה דָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ שָׂ֣מֶת טְעֵ֔ם אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא יִתְעֲבִֽד׃פ

Word for word: and (the) God who he.has.caused.to.dwell name his there may.he.overthrow every king and people who he.will.stretch.out hand his to violate to destroy the.house of.(the) God this which [is].in Jerusalem I Darius I.make a.decree diligently let.it.be.done

JPS 1917: and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.'

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: 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).

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