מְגִלָּה

«מְגִלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: roll — 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: 21 times · Key: 4039 · BDB: מְגִלָּה

Glosses

scroll (14); a.scroll (7)

Meaning (OSHB)

roll tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. roll tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. roll (writing, book; late)—מ׳ Je 36:28 + 16 times; cstr. מְגִלַּת־ ψ 40:8 + 3 times;—roll of writing, book מְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר Je 36:2, 4 Ez 2:9 ψ 40:8; מ׳ alone Je 36:6, 14(×2), 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28(×2), 29, 32 Ez 3:1, 2, 3 Zc 5:1, 2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 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)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Psalms 40:8

אָ֣ז אָ֭מַרְתִּי הִנֵּה־בָ֑אתִי בִּמְגִלַּת־סֵ֝֗פֶר כָּת֥וּב עָלָֽי׃

Word for word: then I.said here! I.have.come in.[the] scroll of.[the].book [it.is].written on me

JPS 1917: Then said I: 'Lo, I am come with the roll of a book which is prescribed for me;

Zechariah 5:1

וָאָשׁ֕וּב וָאֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֖י וָֽאֶרְאֶ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֥ה עָפָֽה׃

Word for word: and I.returned and I.lifted.up eyes my and I.saw and there! a.scroll flying

JPS 1917: Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a flying roll.

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