מְגוּרִיםmegurim meaning in Biblical Hebrew
sojournings; the place you lived as a guest · noun, masculine plural (singular מָגוּר)
Also spelled in English: magur
A hundred and thirty years old, standing in front of Pharaoh, Jacob sums up his entire life as a long stay in somebody else's house.
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל־פַּרְעֹה יְמֵי שְׁנֵי מְגוּרַי שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה
“And Jacob said to Pharaoh: The days of the years of my sojournings are a hundred and thirty years. (Genesis 47:9)”
Where were your megurim, the place you lived for years and never quite unpacked?
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