מגדל
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the root ג־ד־ל (g-d-l) with the prefix מִ־. Compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎂𐎄𐎍 (mgdl) and Egyptian mktr, hence Coptic ⲙⲉϭⲧⲱⲗ (mectōl).

Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /miɡˈdaːl/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /miʁˈdɔːl/ [miʁˈdɔːl]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /miʁˈdɔl/ [miʁˈdɔːl]
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /miɡˈdal/ (West), /miʁˈdal/ (East)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /miɡˈdɔl/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /miɡˈdal/
Noun
[edit]מִגְדָּל • (migdál) m (plural indefinite מִגְדָּלִים or מִגְדָּלוֹת, singular construct מִגְדַּל־, plural construct מִגְדְּלֵי־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]
- tower
- Tanach, Genesis 11:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיֵּרֶד יְהֹוָה לִרְאֹת אֶת־הָעִיר וְאֶת־הַמִּגְדָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּנוּ בְּנֵי הָאָדָם׃
- And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Declension
[edit]isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
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Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
m | f | m | f | ||||
singular | indefinite | מִגְדָּל | first | מִגְדָּלִי | מִגְדָּלֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַמִּגְדָּל | second | מִגְדָּלְךָ | מִגְדָּלֵךְ | מִגְדַּלְכֶם | מִגְדַּלְכֶן | |
construct | מִגְדַּל־ | third | מִגְדָּלוֹ | מִגְדָּלָהּ | מִגְדָּלָם | מִגְדָּלָן | |
plural | indefinite | מִגְדָּלִים | first | מגדליי / מִגְדָּלַי | מִגְדָּלֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַמִּגְדָּלִים | second | מִגְדָּלֶיךָ | מגדלייך / מִגְדָּלַיִךְ | מִגְדְּלֵיכֶם | מִגְדְּלֵיכֶן | |
construct | מִגְדְּלֵי־ | third | מִגְדָּלָיו | מִגְדָּלֶיהָ | מִגְדְּלֵיהֶם | מִגְדְּלֵיהֶן |
Derived terms
[edit]- מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל (migdál bavél)
- מִגְדַּלּוֹר (migdalór)
Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Μαγδᾱλᾱ́ (Magdālā́)
References
[edit]- H4026 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “מִגְדָּל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 314b
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 726a
- “מגדל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]מגדל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]מֻגְדָּל • (mugdál)