מַעְגָּל

1 Samuel 17:20 הַמַּעְגָּ֔לָה the camp towards

So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.

1 Samuel 26:5 בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל in the camp

Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

1 Samuel 26:7 בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל in the camp

That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.

Psalm 17:5 בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑יךָ in tracks your

My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

Here: 'In your tracks'. These are the worn tracks of a road, probably ruts cut by cart wheels. The psalmist does not choose his own route. He keeps to the grooves God has laid down, the same word as the 'paths of righteousness' in Psalm 23:3.

Psalm 23:3 בְמַעְגְּלֵי־ in tracks of

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

Here: 'In (the) tracks of.' A ma'gal is a worn track, the kind of rut left by wheels or many feet. It is a path you can actually see and follow, not an abstract 'way.' The word is plural and there is no 'the' in Hebrew: 'tracks.'

Psalm 65:11 וּ֝מַעְגָּלֶ֗יךָ and tracks your

You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.

Here: "And your tracks." The word is related to the Hebrew for "wagon" and "round, circular," so it means a wheel-rut or well-worn track. God is pictured driving across the land, and his tracks leave a trail of richness behind them.

Psalm 140:5 מַעְגָּ֑ל a track

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

Here: A worn track, possibly from a word for a wagon rut. It is the regular route a person takes, and often stands for a person's way of life (Ps 23:3 'paths of righteousness'). The trap sits on the road the psalmist walks every day.

Proverbs 2:9 מַעְגַּל־ course of

Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.

Here: A track or worn route, probably first the rut left by cart wheels (it comes from a root meaning 'round', related to the word for cart). The image is a well-defined road you can follow, in contrast to the 'crooked tracks' of the wicked in v. 15.

Proverbs 2:15 בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃ in tracks their

whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

Here: "In their tracks": probably related to the word for a cart. It suggests the ruts worn into a road by wheels, a habitual, well-worn course. The deviousness is not one wrong turn. It is the road they travel every day.

Proverbs 2:18 מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ tracks her

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

Here: Literally the ruts worn by cart wheels: a well-used, habitual route. Her 'tracks' are the beaten road of her way of life, and it runs straight down to the dead.

Proverbs 4:11 בְּמַעְגְּלֵי־ in tracks of

I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

Here: A worn track, probably first the rut a wagon wheel cuts (it is related to words for 'wagon' and 'round'). It is a well-used, settled path, not a trail you blaze yourself. The plural, 'tracks,' parallels the singular 'way.'

Proverbs 4:26 מַעְגַּ֣ל [the] track of

Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.

Here: A worn track, the kind left by feet or cart wheels. It is the actual line you travel on, not a general direction. Proverbs uses it for the course a life runs along (2:9, 2:15, 4:11).

Proverbs 5:6 מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ tracks her

She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

Here: 'Her tracks': the worn ruts of a road, the line a life actually takes. Her tracks have no straight groove. They slip about.

Proverbs 5:21 מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו tracks his

For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

Here: "His tracks": the ruts a wheel wears into a road, the beaten paths a person keeps travelling. It pairs with "ways" but is more concrete. These are the grooves a life wears by habit.

Isaiah 26:7 מַעְגַּ֥ל [the] track of

The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.

Here: A track worn into the ground, probably the rut left by cart wheels (it is related to ʿăgālâ, 'cart'). It is the word in Psalm 23:3's 'paths of righteousness' and in Proverbs' teaching about the 'tracks' of a life. Here it is the well-worn route that the righteous person's life runs along.

Isaiah 59:8 בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָ֑ם on tracks their

The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.

Here: 'In their tracks.' The word goes back to the root for 'round', and it pictures a worn track or wheel rut, the groove a life cuts by going the same way again and again. Wisdom poetry uses the same word for habitual conduct (Psalm 23:3, 'tracks of righteousness').