מַעְגָּל
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4570
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
entrenchment tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מַעְגָּל²: n.m. entrenchment track tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. ψ 65:12 1. entrenchment; 2. track;—abs. מ׳ 1 S 26:5 +, c. ה loc. הַמַּעְגָּ֫לָה 17:20; cstr. מַעְגַּל Pr 4:26 +; pl. cstr. מַעְגְּלֵי ψ 23:3 Pr 4:11; sf. מַעְגָּלֶיךָ ψ 65:12, elsewhere מַעְגְּלוֹתֶיךָ 17:5, מַעְגְּלֹתָיו Pr 5:21, -תֶיהָ 2:12; 5:6, -תָם 2:15 Is 59:8;— circumvallation, entrenchment 1 S 17:20; 26:5, 7. track (proposes wagon-track), only fig.: in fig. of snares of wicked ψ 140:6. = course of action, or life, מ׳ רַגְלֶ֑ךָ Pr 4:26, מ׳ 5:21 (‖ דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ); specif. good, right, מ׳ צֶדֶק ψ 23:3, מ׳ ישֶׁר Pr 4:11, מ׳ טוֹב 2:9, מ׳ צַדִּיק Is 26:7; bad sense Pr 2:15, 18; 5:6 Is 59:8; tracks of י׳ are those approved by him ψ 17:5; or those traversed by him, מַעְגָּלֶיךָ יִרְעֲפוּן דָּ֑שֶׁן 65:12 fig. of richly-laden cart dropping its contents in its track.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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: camp (2); the (1).
In the verses
וַיָּבֹא֩ דָוִ֨ד וַאֲבִישַׁ֥י ׀ אֶל־הָעָם֮ לַיְלָה֒ וְהִנֵּ֣ה שָׁא֗וּל שֹׁכֵ֤ב יָשֵׁן֙ בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל וַחֲנִית֥וֹ מְעוּכָֽה־בָאָ֖רֶץ מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו וְאַבְנֵ֣ר וְהָעָ֔ם שֹׁכְבִ֖ים סְבִיבֹתָֽיו׃ס
Word for word: and he.went David and Abishai to the people night and there! Saul [was].lying sleeping in the camp and spear his [was].thrust in the ground of.his.head the.place and Abner and the people [were].lying around him
JPS 1917: So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the barricade, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙ עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר וַיִּשָּׂ֣א וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ יִשָׁ֑י וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמַּעְגָּ֔לָה וְהַחַ֗יִל הַיֹּצֵא֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה וְהֵרֵ֖עוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
Word for word: and he.rose.early David in the morning and he.left (et) the flock with a.watchman and he.lifted.up and he.went just as he had.commanded.him Jesse and he.came to the camp and the army [which was].going.out to the.battle line and they.shouted.a.war.cry in the battle
JPS 1917: And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the barricade, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
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