Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4772
מַרְגְלָה
margelahmar-ghel-aw'
feet
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: margᵉlâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4772is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4772
(plural for collective) a footpiece, i.e. (adverbially) at the foot, or (direct.) the foot itself
The King James renders it: feet. Compare H4763 (מְרַאֲשָׁה).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
margelah is rendered "feet". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ruth, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ruth 3:4When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
Ruth 3:4מַרְגְּלֹתָ֖יו
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- feet his4
- and feet his1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַרְאֶה | mareh | appearance | Uses103 |
| מַרְפֵּא | marpe | healing | Uses16 |
| מַרְאָה | marah | vision | Uses12 |
| מַרְבִּית | marbith | greatness | Uses5 |
| מַרְבֵּק | marbeq | stall | Uses4 |
| מַרְבַד | marbad | covering | Uses2 |
| מַרְבֶה | marbeh | abundance | Uses2 |
| מַרְבֵּץ | marbets | resting | Uses2 |
| מַרְחֶשֶׁת | marchesheth | pan | Uses2 |
| מַרְזֵחַ | marzeach | mourning | Uses1 |
| מַרְדּוּת | marduth | rebellious | Uses1 |
| מַרְאָשָׁה | marashah | head | Uses1 |
and 4 more on the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מַרְגְּלֹתָ֖יו2
- וּמַרְגְּלֹתָ֔יו1
- מַרְגְּלוֹתָיו֙1
- מַרְגְּלֹתָֽיו׃1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HNcfpc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms
Ruth
four uses
When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
- מַרְגְּלֹתָ֖יוmargelotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: feet his
After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
- מַרְגְּלֹתָ֖יוmargelotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: feet his
At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!
- מַרְגְּלֹתָֽיו׃margelotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: feet his
So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
- מַרְגְּלוֹתָיו֙margelatavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: feet his
Daniel
one use
His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
- וּמַרְגְּלֹתָ֔יוumargelotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and feet his
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.