Midvash

מַגָּלmaggâl

מוֺלֶ֫דֶת: kindred, birth, offspring

Pronunciation: mag-gawl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4038

Meanings

1. kindred (Genesis 12:1; Genesis 24:4; Numbers 10:30)

2. circumstances of birth, birth (Ezekiel 16:3; Ezekiel 16:4)

3. offspring, one born, collective = issue, offspring (Leviticus 18:9; Leviticus 18:11; Genesis 48:6)

מַגָּל: sickle (Jeremiah 50:16; Joel 4:13)

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Jeremiah 50:16 Take from Babylon all those who plant crops; send all the harvesters away. Because of the sword of the enemy, everyone will run away and rush back to their own lands.
  • Joel 3:13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread the grapes, for the winepress is full. The storage vats are overflowing with the wickedness of these people.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).