Strong's Definition
also (in plural) feminine migdalah {mig-daw- law'}; from 1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
KJV Usage: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מִגְדָּל (mig.dal) — (Hananel) Tower.
Combined with cha.nan.el (חֲנַנְאֵל " of Hananel" H2606) This name means tower
מִגְדָּל (mig.dal) — Tower (of the Hundred).
Combined with me.ah (מֵאָה "hundred" H3968) This name means tower
מִגְדָּל (mig.dal) — Tower (Of the Ovens).
This name means tower, elevated stage
מִגְדָּל (mig.dal) — tower. 1) tower 1a) tower 1b) elevated stage, pulpit 1c) raised bed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · גדל · מִגְדַּל־אֵל · מִגְדַּל־גָּד · מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר
Constructions | Fortifications | ≈ חֹומָה
tower = relatively high structure made of stone; ► used for guarding the surrounding area and/or for providing protection against hostile forces from outside; ≈ associated with security and protection
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Towns | ≈ כָּפָר · עִיר
tower literally: tower, but with focus on a tower as a small population center: = small fortified population center; ► possibly built to provide protection to the surrounding countryside
Names of Constructions
Collocation: מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה
Tower of the Hundred = tower; ◄ located in Jerusalem protecting the northern approach to the city, east of the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananeel (ABYD)
Names of Constructions
Collocation: מִגְדַּל חֲנַנְאֵל
Tower of Hananel = tower; ◄ located in Jerusalem at the northwestern corner of the wall surrounding the Temple Mount (ABYD)
Names of Constructions
Collocation: מִגְדַּל הַתַּנּוּרִים
Tower of Ovens = tower; ◄ located in bakers' quarter in northwestern Jerusalem (ABYD)
Constructions
Collocation: מִגְדַּל־עֵץ
platform = raised level surface ◄ made of wood ► for people or things to stand on and be visible from a relatively large distance
Quantity
bank, terrace, heap meaning unsure; possibly: = a quantity of a certain substance ◄ shaped like a tower
1 SNG 5:13 MT HOTTP-Ca NJPS NJB REB | LXX HOTTP-C-b RSV NIV NRSV GNT CEV מְגַדְּלֹות = גדל "to yield"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מִגְדָּל n.m. tower tower
elevated stage, pulpit of wood
raised bed
base