מִגְדָּנֹות

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4030

choice thing — used 4 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

choice thing tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִגְדָּנָה: n.f. choice or excellent thing tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. choice or excellent thing;—pl. abs. מִגְדָּנוֹת, as gifts, Gn 24:53; 2 Ch 21:3; 32:23 (‖ מִנְחָה), Ezr 1:6.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: excellent gifts (3); gifts (1).

In the verses

2 Chronicles 32:23 · tree →

וְ֠רַבִּים מְבִיאִ֨ים מִנְחָ֤ה לַיהוָה֙ לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וּמִ֨גְדָּנ֔וֹת לִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּנַּשֵּׂ֛א לְעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם מֵאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵֽן׃ס

Word for word: and many.[people] [were].bringing an.offering to Yahweh to Jerusalem and excellent.gifts to Hezekiah the.king of.Judah and he.was.lifted.up to the.eyes of.all the nations from after thus

JPS 1917: And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

Genesis 24:53 · tree →

וַיּוֹצֵ֨א הָעֶ֜בֶד כְּלֵי־כֶ֨סֶף וּכְלֵ֤י זָהָב֙ וּבְגָדִ֔ים וַיִּתֵּ֖ן לְרִבְקָ֑ה וּמִ֨גְדָּנֹ֔ת נָתַ֥ן לְאָחִ֖יהָ וּלְאִמָּֽהּ׃

Word for word: and he.brought.out the servant articles of.silver and articles of.gold and garments and he.gave.[them] to Rebekah and excellent.gifts he.gave to brother her and to mother her

JPS 1917: And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

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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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