מוֹרַג
morag · threshing sledge
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4173 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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morag (מוֹרַג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “threshing sledge”.
A heavy board with stones or iron underneath, which oxen dragged over the ears of grain to separate the grain.
How to say it
mo·rag
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
- A heavy board dragged over the stalks to loosen the grain.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- threshing sledges ×2
- threshing sledge ×1
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 24:22
Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what is good in his eyes. See, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.
- 1 Chronicles 21:23
Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. Look, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; all of it I give.”
- Isaiah 41:15
Look, I have made you into a threshing sledge, sharp, new, double-edged; you will thresh mountains and crush them, and the hills like chaff you will make.