מַרְגְּלֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4772

place of the feet — used 5 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

place of the feet tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַרְגְּלוֹת²: pl.denom. place of the feet, feet tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[f.] pl.denom. place of the feet, feet (cf. [מְרַאֲשׁוֹת] sub I. ראשׁ);—sf. מַרְגְּלֹתָיו place of his feet Ru 3:4, 7; adv. = at his feet v 8 + v 14 Qr (Kt מרגלתו); = his feet Dn 10:6 (opp. זְרֹעֹתָיו).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 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: feet (5).

In the verses

Ruth 3:8 · tree →

וַיְהִי֙ בַּחֲצִ֣י הַלַּ֔יְלָה וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד הָאִ֖ישׁ וַיִּלָּפֵ֑ת וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִשָּׁ֔ה שֹׁכֶ֖בֶת מַרְגְּלֹתָֽיו׃

Word for word: and it.was in the.middle of the.night and he.trembled the man and he.twisted and there! a.woman [was].lying.down feet his

JPS 1917: And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

Ruth 3:14 · tree →

וַתִּשְׁכַּ֤ב מַרְגְּלוֹתָיוֹ֙עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַתָּ֕קָם בְּטֶ֛רֶם יַכִּ֥יר אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַל־יִוָּדַ֔ע כִּי־בָ֥אָה הָאִשָּׁ֖ה הַגֹּֽרֶן׃

Word for word: and she.lay.down feet his until the morning and she.arose before he.recognized anyone (et) neighbor his and he.said not let.it.be.known (dm).that she.came the woman the.threshing floor

JPS 1917: And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said: 'Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.'

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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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