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title: גָּנַן — cover · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּנַן (1598), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: cover. BDB 1906: vb. cover, surround, defend Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּנַן

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«גָּנַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cover** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 1598 · **BDB:** גָּנַן

### Glosses

I.will.defend (4); he.will.defend (3); he.will.defend.\[it\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cover [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1598/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cover, surround, defend Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1598/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cover, surround, defend (Arabic جَنَّ, Aramaic אַגֵּן (Aph.), Palm. אגן VogPalm. 132 ff.)— Pf. וְגַנּוֹתִי Is 37:35 + 3 times; Inf. abs. גָּנוֹן Is 31:5 (c. Hiph. q.v.)—defend, subj. always י׳; obj. the city Jerusalem c. על Is 37:35; 38:6 = 2 K 20:6; 2 K 19:34 c. אֶל־ (‖ הוֹשִׁיעַ). Impf.—or Qal according to BaZMG 1889, 178, who comp. Arabic يَجِنُّ —יָגֵן Is 31:5 + 2 times—defend (= Qal), Jerusalem Is 31:5 יגן … גָּנוֹן c. על (‖ הִצִּיל); obj. Yahweh’s people Zc 9:15 c. על, 12:8 c. בְּעַד.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּנַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1598/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 31:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.31.5/)

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כְּצִפֳּרִ֣ים עָפ֔וֹת כֵּ֗ן יָגֵ֛ן יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת עַל־יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם גָּנ֥וֹן וְהִצִּ֖יל פָּסֹ֥חַ וְהִמְלִֽיט׃

*Word for word:* like birds flying so he.will.defend Yahweh of.hosts (on) Jerusalem he.will.defend.\[it\] and he.will.rescue.\[it\] he.will.pass.over.\[it\] and he.will.deliver.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* As birds hovering, so will the LORD of hosts protect Jerusalem; He will deliver it as He protecteth it, He will rescue it as He passeth over.

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[2 Kings 19:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.34/)

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וְגַנּוֹתִ֛י אֶל־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּ לְמַֽעֲנִ֔י וּלְמַ֖עַן דָּוִ֥ד עַבְדִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.defend (to) the city (the) this to deliver it for my.own.sake and for.the.sake.of David servant my

*JPS 1917:* For I will defend this city to save it, for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.'

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