H4024b H4024b
Migdol -- an Egyptian frontier fortress-town on the northeast border, mentioned in the Exodus narrative and prophetic oracles.
A proper noun designating Migdol, an Egyptian border fortress whose name derives from the Semitic root meaning 'tower' (cf. מִגְדָּל). It appears in two distinct biblical contexts: the Exodus itinerary, where Israel encamps 'before Migdol' on their way out of Egypt (Exod 14:2; Num 33:7), and Jeremiah's oracles addressing the Jewish diaspora community living in Egyptian cities 'at Migdol' (Jer 44:1; 46:14). Ezekiel uses it as a geographic marker for the whole of Egypt -- 'from Migdol to Syene' (Ezek 29:10; 30:6). The name is consistently transliterated across languages (Migdol in English and Spanish, Migdol in German).
Senses
1. Migdol (place name) — The Egyptian frontier town of Migdol, located on the northeast border of Egypt, identified with the Coptic Meschtol and Egyptian Makthel. As an Exodus station, it marks the place where Israel encamped before the sea crossing (Exod 14:2; Num 33:7). In the prophetic corpus, Jeremiah addresses Jews dwelling 'in Migdol' among other Egyptian settlements (Jer 44:1; 46:14), while Ezekiel uses the merism 'from Migdol to Syene' to denote the full extent of Egypt (Ezek 29:10; 30:6). The consistent transliteration across Spanish, English, French, and German (Migdol) confirms its recognition as a proper noun rather than an appellative. 6×
AR["فِي-مِجْدَلَ", "مِجْدُول", "مِجْدُولَ", "مِنْ-مِجْدُولَ"]·ben["মিগদোলে", "মিগদোলের", "মিগ্দোল-থেকে", "মিগ্দোলে"]·DE["Migdol", "[במגדול]", "[במגדל]", "[ממגדל]"]·EN["Migdol", "from-Migdol-of-", "in-Migdol"]·FR["Mibian", "Migdol", "[במגדול]", "[במגדל]"]·heb["ב-מגדול", "ב-מגדל", "מ-מגדול", "מגדול", "מגדל"]·HI["मिगदोल", "मिग्दोल", "में-मिगदोल", "से-मिगदोल"]·ID["Migdol", "dari-Migdol", "dari-Migdol-", "di-Migdol"]·IT["Migdol", "[במגדול]", "[במגדל]", "[ממגדל]"]·jav["Migdol", "ing-Migdol", "saking-Migdol"]·KO["믵돌과", "믵돌에서", "미그돌과", "믹돌", "믹돌에서부터-"]·PT["Migdol", "de-Migdol", "desde-Migdol", "em-Migdol"]·RU["Мигдолом", "в-Мигдоле", "от-Мигдола"]·ES["Migdol", "desde-Migdol", "en-Migdol"]·SW["Migdoli", "kutoka-Migdoli"]·TR["-de-Migdol", "-de-Migdol'da", "Migdol'dan", "Migdol'un"]·urd["-مجدل-میں", "سے-مگدول", "مجدل-میں", "مجدول-کے", "مگدول"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מִגְדֹּל n.pr. (מִגְדּוֹל only Je 46:14) fortified city on the NE. border of Egypt Ex 14:2 Nu 33:7 Je 44:1; 46:14 Ez 29:10; 30:6; Copt. meschtôl (Champoll.L’Égypte sous les Pharaons ii. 79), Egyptian makƟel EbGS 522.