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מַגְדַּל‏ n.m. tower

tower JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. TgJ Jud8:17 : וְיָת מִגדַל פְנוּאֵל תָרַע וְקַטֵיל יָת אְנָשֵי קַרתָא‏ he tore down the tower of Penuel and slaughtered all the people of the city. TN Gen11:5 . TgSong7:5 : כל מן דיקום עלוהי יכיל לממני כל מגדלון דבדמסק‏ anyone who would stand upon it would be able to count all the towers in Damascus. as other geographical names or components thereof Gal, PTA. TN Gen35:21 : מגדלא לעדר‏ [MT: לְמִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר׃].

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 289b; Jastrow: 726; Levy Ch-W: 2:5; Tal Sam: 130; Cook,Qumran: 132;

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