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# מָגַן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4042

**deliver up** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he has delivered (1); she (1); will (1).

## In the verses

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

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.'

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4042.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4042/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).