מסדרון

Hebrew

FWOTD – 12 June 2014

Etymology

Root
ס־ד־ר (s-d-r)

From the root ס־ד־ר (s-d-r).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mis.dəˈʁon/ (properly), IPA^(key): /mis.daˈʁon/ (commonly)

Noun

מִסְדְּרוֹן • (misderón) m (plural indefinite מִסְדְּרוֹנוֹת, singular construct מִסְדְּרוֹן־, plural construct מִסְדְּרוֹנוֹת־)

1. (obsolete) A vestibule, foyer, anteroom.
   • Judges 3:23:

     וַיֵּצֵא אֵהוּד הַמִּסְדְּרוֹנָה וַיִּסְגֹּר דַּלְתוֹת הָעַלִיָּה בַּעֲדוֹ וְנָעָל׃

     vayetzé ehúd hamisd'róna vayisgór d'latót ha'aliyá ba'adó v'na'ál:

     Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them.

2. (modern) A corridor, hallway, hall.
3. (by extension) A corridor: a narrow strip of land connecting a state to an area or to the sea.

Usage notes

• In addition to the plural forms מִסְדְּרוֹנוֹת and מִסְדְּרוֹנוֹת־ given above, the plural forms מִסְדְּרוֹנִים and מִסְדְּרוֹנֵי־ are attested as well; they are much less common, however.

References

• “מִסְדְּרוֹן” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 719.
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