Original Language Studio
Psalms 84:10
“For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָגֵןmâgên · maw-gane'
H4043 · Hebrew
H4043 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
- Derivation
- also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from H1598 (גָּנַן);
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.
- Grammar
- מָ֭גִנֵּ — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
- נוּ — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 63 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 15:1Deuteronomy 33:29Judges 5:82 Samuel 1:212 Samuel 1:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָגֵן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.