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מֶגֶד

«מֶגֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: excellence — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 8 times · Key: 4022 · BDB: מֶ֫גֶד

Glosses

excellent.gift (5); excellent.things (1); its.excellence(s) (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

excellence tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. excellence tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. excellence (NH id., choice fruit; Syriac ܡܰܓܕܳܐ fruit; Arabic مَجْدٌ glory, honour, nobility);—מ׳ cstr. Dt 33:13 + 4 times Dt 33; pl. מְגָדִים Ct 4:13; 7:14; sf. מְגָדָיו Ct 4:16—excellence: excellent or choice things; always of gifts of nature: מ׳ שָׁמַיִם Dt 33:13 i.e. (natural) gifts of heaven; מ׳ תְּבוּאֹת שֶׁמֶשׁ v 14; מ׳ גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָחִים v 14; מ׳ גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם v 15 (‖ רֹאשׁ הַרֲרֵי קֶדֶם); מ׳ אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ v 16; pl. abstr. פְּרִי מ׳ (= excellent fruit) Ct 4:13, 16; מ׳ alone = foreg., 7:14.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מֶגֶד» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Deuteronomy 33:14

וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד תְּבוּאֹ֣ת שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד גֶּ֥רֶשׁ יְרָחִֽים׃

Word for word: and from.[the] excellent.gift of.[the].produce(s) of.[the].sun and from.[the] excellent.gift of.[the].yield of.[the].months

JPS 1917: And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons,

Deuteronomy 33:15

וּמֵרֹ֖אשׁ הַרְרֵי־קֶ֑דֶם וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד גִּבְע֥וֹת עוֹלָֽם׃

Word for word: and from.[the] top of.[the].mountains of.ancient.time and from.[the] excellent.gift of.[the].hills of.antiquity

JPS 1917: And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

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