מִגְרָשׁ

n.m. Nu 35:2 common, common-land, open land (perhaps orig. pasture-land, as place of [cattle] driving)—abs. מ׳ Ez 45:2 + 2 times + Ez 48:15 (Co מגרשָׁהּ); cstr. מִגְרַשׁ Lv 25:34; 2 Ch 31:19; (on מִגְרָשָׁהּ Ez 36:5 cf. גרשׁ); elsewhere pl., abs. מִגְרשׁוֹת Ez 27:28 (Baer); Co מרעשׁת assumed from רָעַשׁ, cf. 𝔊; cstr. מִגְרְשֵׁי Nu 35:4 + 2 times; sf. מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ Jos 21:13(×2) + 42 times; מִגְרָשֶׁהָ Jos 21:11 + 46 times in Jos 21 (generally –֑ or –֔ but also –֖ v 21); מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם Nu 35:3 + 4 times; מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן Nu 35:7 + 8 times—commonland, usually pl., and usually as attached to a city or town, especially as surrounding Levitical cities Nu 35:2, 3, 4, 5, 7 Jos 14:4; 21:2 + 55 times Jos 21 (all P; in Codd. & old Vrss. are two vv Jos 21, betw. v 35, 36, with מ׳ 4 times; om. Mass, Edd., Baer, but cf. Theile, & Di ad loc.); 1 Ch 6:40 + 40 times 1 Ch 6; 13:2; 2 Ch 11:14; so also שְׂדֵה מ׳ Lv 25:34 (P), שְׂדֵי מ׳ 2 Ch 31:19; lands surrounding the holy city Ez 48:15, 17; open land or space about the temple Ez 45:2; only 1 Ch 5:16 כל־מִגְרְשֵׁי שָׁרוֹן of (pasture-)lands in a district, cf. שׁרון.—Ez 27:28 מגרשׁות, if true text, = open country about Tyre (opp. sea, cf. context), but v. Da & cf. supr.