Midvash

מַעְגָּלmaʻgâl

a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)

Pronunciation: mah-gawl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4570

Meanings

1. entrenchment

2. track (1 Samuel 26:5; 1 Samuel 17:20; Proverbs 5:26)

1. circumvallation, entrenchment (1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Samuel 26:5; 1 Samuel 26:7)

2. (properly wagon-track), only figurative

a. in figurative of snares of wicked (Psalms 140:6)

b. = course of action, or life (Proverbs 4:26; Proverbs 5:21; Psalms 23:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 17:20 So David left the sheep with another shepherd and set out early the next morning with the gifts, as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield with shouts and battle cries.
  • 1 Samuel 26:5 David slipped over to Saul’s camp one night to look around. Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were sleeping inside a ring formed by the slumbering warriors.
  • 1 Samuel 26:7 So David and Abishai went right into Saul’s camp and found him asleep, with his spear stuck in the ground beside his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying asleep around him.
  • Psalms 17:5 My steps have stayed on your path; I have not wavered from following you.
  • Psalms 23:3 He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.
  • Psalms 65:11 You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
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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).