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Judges 9:51

“But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מִגְדָּלmigdâl · mig-dawl'
H4026 · Hebrew

Definition: a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
Derivation: also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from H1431 (גָּדַל);
KJV renderings: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
מִגְדַּל — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
Code HC/Ncbsc
Usage: Occurs 49 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:4 Genesis 11:5 Judges 8:9 Judges 8:17 Judges 9:46

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מִגְדָּל here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.