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Hebrew wordlink #373379

OSHB Nah 2:4 מָגֵן (māgēn) Strongs=4043 Lemma=‘מָגֵן’
contextual word gloss=‘the_shield_of’ word gloss=‘shields_of’
Morphology=Ncbsc PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=construct
Year=-713 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Nahum

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Other uses (5) of identical word form מָגֵן (Morphology=Ncbsc PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מָגֵן’ (Morphology=Ncbsc PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=construct) has 2 different glosses: ‘[the]_shield_of’, ‘the_shield_of’.

DEU 33:29 contextual word gloss=‘the_shield_of’ word gloss=‘shield_of’ OSHB DEU 33:29 word 8

OET-LV: 29 How _of_blessed_are_you Oh _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) who is_like_you a _people which_it _has _been _saved by_YHWH the _shield _of your _help _of_of and_which is_the _sword _of your _eminence _of_of and_they _will _cringe enemies _of_your to/for_you(fs) and_you(ms) on places _of_their _high you _will _tread. (DEU_33:29)

OET-RV: 29 Your happiness, Yisrael.
⇔ Who else is like you—a people saved by Yahweh,
⇔ the shield that protects you,
⇔ and who is the sword that makes you powerful?
⇔ Your enemies will cringe back from you,
⇔ and you’ll trample all over their hills.” (DEU 33:29)

2 SAM 1:21 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_shield_of’ word gloss=‘shield_of’ OSHB 2 SAM 1:21 word 13

OET-LV: 21 Oh _mountains _of in_Gilboˊa not dew and_not rain be_on_you(pl) and_fields _of contributions if/because there the_shield _of it _was _defiled the_mighty_ones the _shield _of Shāʼūl not was_anointed with_oil. (SA2_1:21)

OET-RV: ⇔  21 You mountains in Gilboa,
⇔ may you have no dew or rain fall on you,
⇔ nor fields producing grain for offerings.
⇔ Because it was there that Shaul’s shield was splattered with his blood,
⇔ and the leather won’t be preserved with oil again. (SA2 1:21)

2 SAM 1:21 contextual word gloss=‘the_shield_of’ word gloss=‘shield_of’ OSHB 2 SAM 1:21 word 15

2 SAM 22:36 contextual word gloss=‘the_shield_of’ word gloss=‘shield_of’ OSHB 2 SAM 22:36 word 3

OET-LV: 36 And_you _have _given to_me the _shield _of your _salvation _of_of and_your_answering you_make _me _great. (SA2_22:36)

OET-RV: ⇔  36 You saved me from death like a shield,
⇔ and you helped me become well-known by answering my prayers. (SA2 22:36)

PSA 18:36 contextual word gloss=‘the_shield_of’ word gloss=‘shield_of’ OSHB PSA 18:36 word 3

OET-LV: 36  and_you _have _given to_me the _shield _of your _salvation _of_of and_your _right _of_hand it_supports _me and_your _of_humility you_make _me _great. (PSA_18:36)

OET-RV: 36 You’ve made the path for my feet wide beneath me
⇔ so that my feet haven’t slipped. (PSA 18:36)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מָגֵן’’ have 9 different glosses: ‘(of)_a_shield’, ‘(of)_shield’, ‘[am]_a_shield’, ‘[are]_a_shield’, ‘[is]_a_shield’, ‘[the]_shield_of’, ‘a_shield’, ‘shield’, ‘the_shield_of’.