---
title: מִשְׁעָן — support · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁעָן (4937), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: support. BDB 1906: support, staff. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4937.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-10.md)‎ / מִשְׁעָן‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# מִשְׁעָן

<!-- .meta -->
«מִשְׁעָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **support** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 4937 · **BDB:** מִשְׁעָן²

### Glosses

support (3); a.support (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

support [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4937/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

support, staff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4937/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] support, staff;—abs. מ׳, fig. of י׳, 2 S 22:19 = ψ 18:19; cstr. כֹּל מִשְׁעַן־לֶחֶם וְכֹל מִשְׁעַן־מָ֑יִם Is 3:1 (gloss, v. Comm.).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁעָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4937/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[2 Samuel 22:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.19/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
יְקַדְּמֻ֖נִי בְּי֣וֹם אֵידִ֑י וַיְהִ֧י יְהוָ֛ה מִשְׁעָ֖ן לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* they confronted.me in the.day my.calamity my and he.was Yahweh a.support my

*JPS 1917:* They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Psalms 18:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.19/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
יְקַדְּמ֥וּנִי בְיוֹם־אֵידִ֑י וַֽיְהִי־יְהוָ֖ה לְמִשְׁעָ֣ן לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* they confronted.me in the.day my.calamity my and he.became Yahweh (into).a support my

*JPS 1917:* They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [מִשְׁעָם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4936.md)
- next →: [מִשְׁעֵן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e2_5b5_5df.md)
- ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-10.md)