מַרְגֵּמָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4773

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

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

sling tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַרְגֵּמָה²: n.f. sling tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. sling (?; implement of hurling stone? so 𝔊 al.; Thes al. stone-heap);—כִּצְרוֹר אֶבֶן בְּמ׳ Pr 26:8, v. especially Toy.

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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

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

In the verses

Proverbs 26:8 · tree →

כִּצְר֣וֹר אֶ֭בֶן בְּמַרְגֵּמָ֑ה כֵּן־נוֹתֵ֖ן לִכְסִ֣יל כָּבֽוֹד׃

Word for word: as ties a.stone in a.sling [is].so [one.who].gives to a.fool honor

JPS 1917: As a small stone in a heap of stones, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

On Mova

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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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