מגידו
Hebrew edit
Alternative forms edit
- מגידון / מְגִדּוֹן (megidón)
Etymology edit
Presumably originally מגידון / מְגִדּוֹן (megidón), from the root ג־ד־ד (g-d-d) + ־ון (-on). Compare with גָּדַד (gadád, “to penetrate, to cut into”),
- and with מגיד (MahGeeD) "teller", "Oracle" Hiph of root נגד (NGD)[1]
Proper noun edit
- (archaic) A place of crowds.
- (biblical) Megiddo or Megiddon: an ancient city of Canaan, located on the southern rim of the plain of Esdraelon 10 km (6 miles) from Mount Carmel.
- Tanach, Judges 5:19, with translation of the New International Version:
- בָּאוּ מְלָכִים נִלְחָמוּ אָז נִלְחֲמוּ מַלְכֵי כְנַעַן בְּתַעְנַךְ עַל־מֵי מְגִדּוֹ בֶּצַע כֶּסֶף לֹא לָקָחוּ׃
- Kings came, they fought, the kings of Canaan fought. At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo, they took no plunder of silver.
- Megiddo (a kibbutz in northern Israel). Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. [from 1945]
- 1957, Leah Goldberg, אַיֵּה פּלוּטוֹ (literally “Where is Pluto”):
- פְּלוּטוֹ כְּלַבְלַב מִקִבּוּץ מְגִדּוֹ, יֵשׁ לוֹ הַכֹּל: מָרָק וָעֶצֶם.
- Pluto a doggy from kibbutz Megiddo, he has everything: a soup and a bone.
Derived terms edit
- הר מגידו / הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har megiddo)
References edit
- ^ A concise Hebrew-English Dictionary by M. H. Segal, the Dvir publishing Co. Tel Aviv, 1962