BDB1506 [H4026]

מִגְדָּל noun masculine tower, Gen 11:5 + 11 t.; construct מִגְדַּל Judg 8:17 + 21 t.; plural מִגְדָּלִים 2Chr 26:9 + 6 t.; מִגְדָּלֶיהָ Ps 48:12; Ezek 26:4 pluralf. מִגְדָּלוֺת 2Chr 32:5 + 2 t.; construct מִגְדְּלוֺת Song 5:13 (?); suffix מִגְדְּלֹתַיִךְ Ezek 26:9; Ezek 27:11 —

1. tower Gen 11:4; Gen 11:5; Judg 8:9; Judg 9:51 (twice in verse); Judg 9:52 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 9:17; 2Kgs 17:9; 2Kgs 18:8; 1Chr 27:25; 2Chr 14:6; 2Chr 26:9; 2Chr 26:10; 2Chr 26:11; 2Chr 27:4; 2Chr 32:5; 2Chr 30:25; 2Chr 33:18; 2Chr 27:11; Ps 48:13, watch-tower in vineyard Isa 5:2 figurative of God as refuge Ps 61:4; Prov 18:10 beautiful neck like tower of David Song 4:4 an ivory tower Song 7:5 breasts Song 8:10. (compare MI²² מגדלתה, Sabean (more precisely Lihyânian) מגדלנהן, Eut, see DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 4, 1. 5}). Special towers mentioned on Lebanon Song 7:5, Penuel Judg 8:17, Shechem Judg 9:46; Judg 9:47; Judg 9:49 and at Jerusalem, the tower of David Song 4:4 (the arsenal), מֵאָה Neh 3:1, חֲנַנְאֵל Neh 3:1; Neh 12:39; Jer 31:38; Zech 14:10, תַּנּוּרִים Neh 3:11; Neh 12:38 (tower of the furnaces).

2. elevated stage, pulpit of wood Neh 8:4.

3. raised bed || עֲרוּגָה Song 5:13, but ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Hi Bö De rightly read מְגַדְּלוֺת.

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