Strong's Lexicon

H4570

H4570 — מַעגָּל מַעגָּלָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewma`galnoun mascOccurrences: 16TWOT: 1560f

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4570
Word:מַעגָּל מַעגָּלָה
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from the same as H5696
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:16
Transliteration:ma`gal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mah-gawl' (or feminine mapgalah {mah-gaw-law'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. a track (literally or figuratively) 2. also a rampart (as circular)
KJV Renderings:going, path, trench, way((-side)).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5797

מַעְגָּל noun masculine Ps 65:12

1. entrenchment;
2. track; — absolute ׳ מ 1Sam 26:5 +, with ה locative הַמַּעְגָּ֫לָה 1Sam 17:20 construct מַעְגַּל Prov 5:26 +; plural construct מַעְגְּלֵי Ps 23:3; Prov 4:11 suffix מַעְגָּלֶיךָ Ps 65:12, elsewhere מַעְגְּלוֺתֶיךָ Ps 17:5, מַעְגְּלֹתָיו Prov 5:21, תֶיהָ- Prov 2:12; Prov 5:6, תָם- Prov 2:15; Isa 59:8
1. circumvallation, entrenchment 1Sam 17:20 ; 1Sam 26:5 ; 1Sam 26:7 .
2. track (properly wagon-track), only figurative:
a. in figurative of snares of wicked Ps 140:6.
b. = course of action, or life, רַגֱל֑ךָ ׳ מ Prov 4:26 , ׳ מ Prov 5:21 (|| דַּרְכֵיאִֿישׁ); specifically good, right, צֶדֶק ׳ מ Ps 23:3, ישֶׁר ׳ מ Prov 4:11 , טוֺב ׳ מ Prov 2:9, צַדִּיק ׳ מ Isa 26:7 bad sense Prov 2:15; Prov 2:18; Prov 5:6; Isa 59:8 tracks of ׳ י are those approved by him Ps 17:5 or those traversed by him, מַעְגָּלֶיךָ וִרְעֲפוּן דָּ֑שֶׁן Ps 65:12 figurative of richly-laden cart dropping its contents in its track.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מעגל (mag-gahl’)

Proverbs 2:9

KJV: Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
EHCC: Judgment, and equity ; (yea), every good
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