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Strong's #4044 - מְגִנָּה
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1) covering
1a) covering, obstinacy, blindness (of the heart)
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2331) ncm (מגנ MGN) AC: Deliver CO: Burden AB: ?
V) ncm (מגנ MGN) - Deliver: KJV (3): (vf: Piel) deliver - Strongs: H4042 (מָגַן)
Nf1) encm (מגנה MGNH) - Burden: A heavy burden that is to be delivered. KJV (1): sorrow - Strongs: H4044 (מְגִנָּה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
מְגִנָּה f. a covering (from the root גָּנַן); once Lamentations 3:65, מְגִנַּת־לֵב “covering of the heart,” i.e. hardening, obstinacy; compare κάλυμμα ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν, 2 Corinthians 3:15 and Arab. أَكِنَّةُ على القلوب coverings over hearts, Koran vi. 25; xvi. 48. Kimchi rightly compared fatness of heart, Isaiah 6:10 but Jos. Kimchi (the father) comparing Arab. القلب غاشية (i.e. veiling of the heart, failing of mind), understands failing of mind, mortal disease.