מֶגְרָפָה

«מֶגְרָפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: shovel — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 4053 · BDB: מֶגְרָפָה

Glosses

shovels (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

shovel tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. shovel tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. shovel (NH id.; Aramaic מַגְרוֹפִיתָא; Arabic مَجْرَفَةٌ (v. Lane)) only pl. מֶגְרְפֹתֵיהֶם Jo 1:17 (Thes clods, after Jewish interpreters, so AV RV, cf. however Me Joel 100 f.; 𝔊 Me ארותיהם their cribs, of cattle; meaning of clause dubious).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «מֶגְרָפָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Joel 1:17

עָבְשׁ֣וּ פְרֻד֗וֹת תַּ֚חַת מֶגְרְפֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ אֹֽצָר֔וֹת נֶהֶרְס֖וּ מַמְּגֻר֑וֹת כִּ֥י הֹבִ֖ישׁ דָּגָֽן׃

Word for word: they.have.shriveled [the].seeds under shovels their they.are.desolate [the].storehouses they.have.been.torn.down [the].granaries (dm) it.has.dried.up [the].grain

JPS 1917: The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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