Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [
צִנָּה]
noun feminine apparently
hook, or barb (of fishing-spear ?); — plural
צִנּוֺת Amos 4:2( ""
סִירוֺת דּוּגָה).
II. [צִנָּה] noun feminine coolness; — construct צִנַּתשֶֿׁלֶג Proverbs 25:13 coolness of snow (צינת רוח צפון Ecclus 43:20).
III. צנן (√ of following; Thes (so DiLex) compare Arabic
preserve,keep, Ethiopic
protect, but dubious).
III. צִנָּה noun feminine large shield (covering whole body); — absolute ׳צ 1 Samuel 17:7 +; plural צִנּוֺת2Chronicles 11:12; — shield, larger than מָגֵן 1 Kings 10:16 (twice in verse) (compare 1 Kings 10:17) = 2Chronicles 9:15 (twice in verse); נשֵֹׁא (הַ)צִנָּה 1 Samuel 17:7,41 (׳הַצּ ׳הָאִישׁ נ), 2 Chron 14:7, ׳נשְֹׁאֵי צ 1 Chronicles 12:25 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:24); עִרְכוּ מָגֵן וְצִנָּה Jeremiah 46:3, compare ׳עֹרְכֵי צ 1 Chronicles 12:9 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:8); ׳אֹחֵז רֹמַח וְצ2Chronicles 25:5; ׳הַחֲזֵק מָגֵן וְצ Psalm 35:2; ׳הֵקִים עָלַיִךְ צ Ezekiel 26:8; + מָגֵן also Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 38:4; Ezekiel 39:9; ׳צ 1 Chronicles 12:35 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:34) 2 Chronicles 11:12; simile of ׳יs favour Psalm 5:13; figurative of ׳י's faithfulness Psalm 91:4.