מָגַר
mâgar · H4048 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to be thrown, to be delivered
Literally: to be thrown down (towards something); hence: causative process by which humans become the victims of an event
ExamplesEzekiel 21:12 “Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people, it is against all the officials of Israel. They are turned over to the sword with My people, therefore slap your thigh.
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to throw, to hurl
Literally: to cast (something) to the ground; hence: causative process by which deities bring dishonor on something
ExamplesPsalm 89:44 You have put an end to his splendor And cast his throne to the ground.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כִּסֵּאthrone, seat 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֵלto, toward+ חֶרֶבsword 1
- לto/for+ אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Fail002003003013
- מָגַר describes throwing down or hurling to ruin, illustrated at its two genuine tagged occurrences, Psalm 89:45 and Ezekiel 21:17, both describing a violent casting-down; the sense of collapse or downfall extends this literal throwing-down toward a failure or ruin of one's fortunes.
- Happen002002003003
- The word describes something befalling a person, an event of being thrown down or overtaken, as in Ezekiel 21:17's context of divine wrath being satisfied through what is 'thrown' or brought about.
- Insignificant002001002015
- The verb's core sense is to cast down or hurl to the ground, as in Psalm 89:45's "you have shortened the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame," bringing one down to a lowly, humiliated state.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4048. magar [מָגַר] verb cast, throw, toss (Aramaic lapsus est et cecidit Lexicons; ᵑ7…
[מָגַר] verb cast, throw, toss (Aramaic lapsus est et cecidit Lexicons; ᵑ7 Pa מַגֵּר hurl down 2Kings (Neh 9:33, overthrow); —
Qal Participle passive plural construct הָיוּ אֶלחֶֿרֶב מְגוּרֵי Eze 21:17 they are thrown to the sword (on construct before preposition see Ges§ 130. l DaSynt. § 28 R 1).
Pi`el Perfect2masculine singular מִגַָּֽ֯רְתָּה׃ לָאָרֶץ וְכִסְאוֺ Psa 89:45 and his throne to earth thou hast hurled.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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