• מִגְדָּל S 4026, 4027, 4028 TWOT 315f GK 4463, 4464 n.m. tower , Gn 11:5 + 11 times; cstr. מִגְדַּל Ju 8:17 + 21 times; pl. מִגְדָּלִים 2 Ch 26:9 + 6 times; מִגְדָּלֶיהָ ψ 48:13 Ez 26: 4; pl.f. מִגְדָּלֹות 2 Ch 32:5 + 2 times; cstr. מִגְדְּלֹות Ct 5:13 (?); sf. מִגְדְּלֹתַיִךְ Ez 26:9 ; 27:11 ;— 1. tower Gn 11:4 , 5 Ju 8: 9; 9:51 (×2), 52 (×2) 2 K 9:1 7; 17:9 ; 18:8 1 Ch 27:25 2 Ch 14: 6; 26:9 , 10 , 15 ; 27:4 ; 32:5 Ne 3:2 5, 26 , 27 Is 2:1 5; 30:25 ; 33:18 Ez 26: 4, 9 ; 27:11 ψ 48:13 , watch-tower in vineyard Is 5:2 ; fig. of God as refuge ψ 61:4 Pr 18:1 0; beautiful
neck like tower of David
Ct 4:4
; an ivory tower
7:5
; breasts
8:10
.
(
Cf.
MI
22 מגדלתה
,
Sab.
(more precisely
Liḥyân
)
מגדלנהן
,
Eut
,
v. DHM
Epigr. Denkm.
4, 1.5
)
. Special towers mentioned on Lebanon
Ct 7:5
, Penuel
Ju 8:17
, Shechem
Ju 9:46
,
47
,
49
; and at Jerusalem, the tower of David
Ct 4:4
(the arsenal),
מֵאָה
Ne 3:
1,
חֲנַנְאֵל
Ne 3:
1;
12:39
(×2) Je 31:38 Zc 14:1
0,
תַּנּוּרִים
Ne 3:1
1;
12:38
(tower of the furnaces).
2.
elevated stage, pulpit
of wood
Ne 8:4
.
3.
raised bed
||
עֲרוּגָה
Ct 5:13
(but
Ö É
Hi
read
מְגַדְּלֹות
).
• מִגְדַּל־אֵל S 4027 GK 4466 n.pr. ( tower of God ) stronghold in Naphtali Jos 19:38 prob. = Μαγδαλά Matt 15:39 = Mejdel in the plain of Gennesareth Rob BR iii. 298 Bd Pal. 257.
•
מִגְדַּל־גַּד
S
4028
GK
4467
n.pr.
(
tower of Gad
)
stronghold in Judah
Jos 15:37
;—
cf.
Magdala
,
Lag
Onom. 139, 12, 2nd ed. 171
; possibly
Mejdel
, eastward of Askalon,
Guérin
Judée ii. 130 f.
cf.
Bd
Pal. 162.
•
מִגְדַּל־עֵ˜דֶר
S
4029
GK
4468
n.pr.
(
flock-tower
)
shepherd’s watch- tower near Bethlehem
Gn 35:21 Mi 4:
8.
• מִגְדֹּול S 4024, 4026 TWOT 315g GK 4460, 4463 n.m. tower , 2 S 22:51 Qr ( Kt
מגדיל = ψ 18:51 מַגְדִּל ).
Sab.
Sabean.
Eut
J. Euting.
DHM
D. H. Müller, Epigrophische Denkmäler, or Epigr. Denm. aus Arabien
, or
Epigr. Denkm. aus Arabien, or Epigr. Denkm. aus Abessinien
Guérin
V. Guérin, Description geographique de la Palestine.