Lexical Definition

‎מַעְגָּל‎ maʻgâl (mah-gawl') track ^H:N-M
or feminine מַעְגָּלָה maʻgâlâh (mah-gaw-law'); from the same as ‎עָגֹל‎

going, path, trench, way(-side).

• a track (literally or figuratively)
• also a rampart (as circular)

1) entrenchment, track
1a) circumvallation, entrenchment
1b) track

See Greek: ὁδός · τρίβος · τροχιά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַעְגָּל‎ noun masculine^{Ps 65:12*}

1. entrenchment;

2. track; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Sam 26:5 +, with ‎ה‎ locative ‎הַמַּעְגָּ֫לָה‎ 1Sam 17:20 construct ‎מַעְגַּל‎ Prov 5:26 +; plural construct ‎מַעְגְּלֵי‎ Ps 23:3; Prov 4:11 suffix ‎מַעְגָּלֶיךָ‎ Ps 65:12*, elsewhere ‎מַעְגְּלוֺתֶיךָ‎ Ps 17:5, ‎מַעְגְּלֹתָיו‎ Prov 5:21, ‎תֶיהָ‎- Prov 2:12; Prov 5:6, ‎תָם‎- Prov 2:15; Isa 59:8 —

1. circumvallation, entrenchment 1Sam 17:20; 1Sam 26:5; 1Sam 26:7.

2. track (properly wagon-track), only figurative:
a. in figurative of snares of wicked Ps 140:6*.
b. = course of action, or life, ‎רַגֱל֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Prov 4:26, ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Prov 5:21 (|| ‎דַּרְכֵיאִֿישׁ‎); specifically good, right, ‎צֶדֶק‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 23:3, ‎ישֶׁר‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Prov 4:11, ‎טוֺב‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Prov 2:9, ‎צַדִּיק‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Isa 26:7 bad sense Prov 2:15; Prov 2:18; Prov 5:6; Isa 59:8 tracks of ‎׳‎‎י‎ are those approved by him Ps 17:5 or those traversed by him, ‎מַעְגָּלֶיךָ וִרְעֲפוּן‎ ‎דָּ֑שֶׁן‎ Ps 65:12* figurative of richly-laden cart dropping its contents in its track.

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