מַגְזֵרָה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4037
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
cutting instrument tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מַגְזֵרָה: n.f. cutting instrument, axe tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. cutting instrument, axe—2 S 12:31 of David’s treatment of captives, וַיָּשֶׂם בַּמְּגֵרָה … וּבְמַגְזְרוֹת הַבַּרְזֶל. (cf. 1 Ch 20:3).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: 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: the axes (1).
In the verses
וְאֶת־הָעָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜הּ הוֹצִ֗יא וַיָּ֣שֶׂם בַּ֠מְּגֵרָה וּבַחֲרִצֵ֨י הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל וּֽבְמַגְזְרֹ֣ת הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר אוֹתָם֙ בַּמַּלְבֵּ֔ן וְכֵ֣ן יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֑וֹן וַיָּ֧שָׁב דָּוִ֛ד וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ
Word for word: and (et) the people which [was].in it he.brought.out and he.set.[them] at the saw[s] and at the.picks of.(the) iron and at the.axes of.(the) iron and he.caused.to.pass them in the brick-mold[s] and thus he.did to all the.cities of.the.people of.Ammon and he.returned David and all the people Jerusalem
JPS 1917: And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln; and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
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