מגן

Cognate with Arabic مِجَنّ (mijann) and Phoenician 𐤌𐤂𐤍 (mgn).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maːˈɡin/, [maːˈʁen]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mɔːˈʁeːn/ [mɔːˈʁeːn]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mɔˈʁen/ [mɔːˈʁeːn]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈɡen/

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מָגֵן • (magén) m (plural indefinite מגינים / מָגִנִּים, singular construct מָגֵן־, plural construct מגיני / מָגִנֵּי־) [pattern: מַקְטֵל]

1. shield (a broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body)
2. shield (he who or that which protects)

• The kamats vowel anomalously remains unreduced, even in forms where it is no longer pretonic.

• מָגֵן אֲשָׁכִים (magén ashakhím)
• מָגֵן בֵּיצִים (magén beytsím)
• מָגֵן דָּוִד (magén davíd)
• אֵפוֹד מָגֵן (efód magén)