madrega · steep place

What it means

madrega (מַדְרֵגָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “steep place”.

A steep place, a step in the rock.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A sheer wall of rock.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• steep places ×1
• steep slope ×1

Where it appears

• Song of Songs×1
• Ezekiel×1

• Song of Songs 2:14

  My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding place of the steep slope, let me see your form, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your form lovely.

• Ezekiel 38:20

  And they will quake before me, the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the animals of the field, and every creeping thing that creeps on the ground, and every human being that is on the face of the ground; and the mountains will be thrown down, and the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the earth.