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title: מָגַן — deliver up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָגַן (4042), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: deliver up. BDB 1906: vb. deliver up, deliver. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָגַן

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«מָגַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deliver up** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4042 · **BDB:** מָגַן

### Glosses

he.has.delivered (1); she (1); will (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deliver up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4042/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. deliver up, deliver [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4042/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only deliver up, deliver (denom. from מָגֵן; on connex. of meanings cf. סָגַר)—Pf. מִגֵּן Gn 14:20; Impf. 3 fs. sf. תְּמַגְּנֶ֑ךָּ Pr 4:9 אֲמַגֶּנְךָ Ho 11:8;—deliver up to adversary Gn 14:20 Ho 11:8 + Is 64:6 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Ew Che al. וַתְּמַגְּנֵנוּ for MT וַתְּמוּגֵנוּ; also deliver, give, c. acc. \& sf. of indirect obj. Pr 4:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָגַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4042/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.9/)

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תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭רֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵ֑ן עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* she.will.put to head your a.wreath of.grace a.crown of.beauty she will.give.you

*JPS 1917:* She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'

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[Genesis 14:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.20/)

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וּבָרוּךְ֙ אֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר־מִגֵּ֥ן צָרֶ֖יךָ בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וַיִּתֶּן־ל֥וֹ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר מִכֹּֽל׃

*Word for word:* and.\[be\] blessed God Most.High who he.has.delivered foes your in hand your and he.gave to him a.tenth of everything

*JPS 1917:* and blessed be God the Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.' And he gave him a tenth of all.

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