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מַגָּל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4038

sickle — used 2 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

sickle tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַגָּל²: sickle tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] sickle (Arabic مِنْجَلٌ (yet poss. Aramaic loan-word Frä133), Aramaic ܡܰܓܰܠܬܳܐ );—c. תָּפַשׂ handle, wield Je 50:16 (‖ זָרַע); c. שָׁלַח Jo 4:13 fig. of judgment.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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: (of) a sickle (1); [the] sickle (1).

In the verses

Joel 4:13 · tree →

שִׁלְח֣וּ מַגָּ֔ל כִּ֥י בָשַׁ֖ל קָצִ֑יר בֹּ֤אֽוּ רְדוּ֙ כִּֽי־מָ֣לְאָה גַּ֔ת הֵשִׁ֙יקוּ֙ הַיְקָבִ֔ים כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה רָעָתָֽם׃

Word for word: send.out [the].sickle (dm) it.has.grown.ripe [the].harvest come tread (dm) it.is.full [the].winepress they.are.overflowing the wine-vats (dm) [is].great evil their

JPS 1917: Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, tread ye, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Jeremiah 50:16 · tree →

כִּרְת֤וּ זוֹרֵ֙עַ֙ מִבָּבֶ֔ל וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ מַגָּ֖ל בְּעֵ֣ת קָצִ֑יר מִפְּנֵי֙ חֶ֣רֶב הַיּוֹנָ֔ה אִ֤ישׁ אֶל־עַמּוֹ֙ יִפְנ֔וּ וְאִ֥ישׁ לְאַרְצ֖וֹ יָנֻֽסוּ׃ס

Word for word: cut.off [the].sower from Babylon and [one.who].wields (of).a.sickle at a.time of.harvest from before the.sword of the.oppressor everyone to people his.own they.will.turn and everyone to his.own land they.will.flee

JPS 1917: Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest; For fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

On Mova

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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