the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Strong's #1598 - גָּנַן
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- to defend, cover, surround
- (Qal) to defend
- (Hiphil) to defend
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1060) nc (גנ GN) AC: ? CO: Garden AB: Protection: The pictograph c is a picture of the foot and means to walk with an extended meaning to gather. The n is a picture of a sprouting seed. Combined these mean "a gathering of seeds". A garden is a place for growing crops and is often surrounded by a rock wall or hedge to protect it from grazing animals. (eng: genesis; beginning; genetics; genome)
A) nc (גנ GN) AC: ? CO: Garden AB: ?: A garden enclosed by walls for protection. A shield as a wall of protection.
Nm/f) nc (גנ GN) - Garden: KJV (42): garden - Strongs: H1588 (גַּן)
Nf1) enc (גנה GNH) - Garden: KJV (12): garden - Strongs: H1593 (גַּנָּה)
am) ncm (מגנ MGN) - Shield: A wall of protection. KJV (63): shield, buckler, armed, defense, ruler - Strongs: H4043 (מְגִנָּה)
ef1) enic (גינה GYNH) - Garden: KJV (4): garden - Strongs: H1594 (גִּנָּה)
B) nnc (גננ GNN) AC: ? CO: Shield AB: ?: A wall of protection.
V) nnc (גננ GNN) - Shield: A protection of an individual or community. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) defend - Strongs: H1598 (גָּנַן)
C) nca (אגנ AGN) AC: ? CO: Basin AB: ?: A container enclosed by walls.
Nm) nca (אגנ AGN) - Basin: KJV (3): basons, cup, goblet - Strongs: H101 (אַגָּן)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
, Aramaic אַגֵּן (Aph`el), Palmyrene אגן Vog Palm.132ff.) — Qal Perfect וְגַנּוֺתִי Isaiah 37:35 3t.; Infinitive absolute גָּנוֺן Isaiah 31:5 (c. Hiph`il q. v.) — defend, subject always ׳י; object the city Jerusalem with על Isaiah 37:35; Isaiah 38:6 = 2 Kings 20:6; 2 Kings 19:34 with אֶלֿ ("" הוֺשִׁיעַ).
Hiph`il Imperfect — or
Qal according to Ba ZMG 1889,178, who compare Arabic 
— יָגֵן Isaiah 31:5 2t. — defend (= Qal), Jerusalem Isaiah 31:5 יגן גָּ֗֗֗נוֺן with על ("" הִצִּיל); object Yahweh's people Zechariah 9:15 with על, Zechariah 12:8 with בְּעַד.
גָּנַן (kindred to כָּנַן, עָנַן), prop. to cover, to cover over, i.q. Arabic جَنَّ, figuratively, to protect; always used of God as protecting men, followed by עַל, like verbs of covering (see עַל No. 2, ). 2 Kings 20:6, וְגַנּוֹתִי עַל־הָעִיד הַזֹּאת “and I will protect this city.” Isaiah 37:35, 38:6 אֶל 2 Kings 19:34. Pret. גַּנּוֹתִי; inf. absol. גָּנוֹן Isaiah 31:5.
Hiphil, fut. יָגֵן i.q. Kal, Isaiah 31:5; Zechariah 9:15 (followed by עַל); 12:8 (followed by בְּעַד, see בְּעַד No. 4 ).
Derivatives, גַּן, גַּנָּה, גִּנָּה, מָגֵן, מְגִנָּה.
