מגידו

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Hebrew

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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 "oracle" Hiph of root נגד (NGD)[1]

Proper noun

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מגידו / מְגִדּוֹ (megído)

  1. (archaic) A place of crowds.
  2. (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.
  3. 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

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References

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  1. ^ A concise Hebrew-English Dictionary by M. H. Segal, the Dvir publishing Co. Tel Aviv, 1962