מגדל

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ג־ד־ל (g-d-l)
9 terms

From the root ג־ד־ל (g-d-l) with the prefix מִ־. Compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎂𐎄𐎍 (mgdl) and Egyptian mktr, hence Coptic ⲙⲉϭⲧⲱⲗ (mectōl).

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /miɡˈdaːl/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /miʁˈdɔːl/ [miʁˈdɔːl]
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /miʁˈdɔl/ [miʁˈdɔːl]
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /miɡˈdal/ (West), /miʁˈdal/ (East)
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /miɡˈdɔl/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /miɡˈdal/

Noun

מִגְדָּל • (migdál) m (plural indefinite מִגְדָּלִים or מִגְדָּלוֹת, singular construct מִגְדַּל־, plural construct מִגְדְּלֵי־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]

tower
- Tanach, Genesis 11:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיֵּרֶד יְהֹוָה לִרְאֹת אֶת־הָעִיר וְאֶת־הַמִּגְדָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּנוּ בְּנֵי הָאָדָם׃
  And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Declension

Declension of **מִגְדָּל**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	מִגְדָּל	first	מִגְדָּלִי		מִגְדָּלֵנוּ
	definite	הַמִּגְדָּל	second	מִגְדָּלְךָ	מִגְדָּלֵךְ	מִגְדַּלְכֶם	מִגְדַּלְכֶן
	construct	מִגְדַּל־	third	מִגְדָּלוֹ	מִגְדָּלָהּ	מִגְדָּלָם	מִגְדָּלָן
plural	indefinite	מִגְדָּלִים	first	מגדליי / מִגְדָּלַי		מִגְדָּלֵינוּ
	definite	הַמִּגְדָּלִים	second	מִגְדָּלֶיךָ	מגדלייך / מִגְדָּלַיִךְ	מִגְדְּלֵיכֶם	מִגְדְּלֵיכֶן
	construct	מִגְדְּלֵי־	third	מִגְדָּלָיו	מִגְדָּלֶיהָ	מִגְדְּלֵיהֶם	מִגְדְּלֵיהֶן

Derived terms

מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל (migdál bavél)
מִגְדַּלּוֹר (migdalór)

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Μαγδᾱλᾱ́ (Magdālā́)

References

H4026 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Klein, Ernest (1987) “מִגְדָּל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 314b
Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 726a
“מגדל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Etymology 2

Adjective

מֻגְדָּל • (mugdál)

defective spelling of מוגדל