Lexical Summary ganan: to cover, surround, defend Original Word: גָּנַןTransliteration: ganan Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-nan') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to cover, surround, defend Meaning: to cover, surround, defend Strong's Concordance defend A primitive root; to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect -- defend. Brown-Driver-Briggs H1598. ganan [גָּנַן] verb cover, surround, defend (Arabic , Aramaic אַגֵּן (Aph`el), Palmyrene אגן VogPalm.132 ff.) — Qal Perfect וְגַנּוֺתִי Isaiah 37:35 3t.; Infinitive absolute גָּנוֺן 31:5 (c. Hiph`il q. v.) — defend, subject always ׳י; object the city Jerusalem with על 37:35; 38:6 = 2 Kings 20:6; 19:34 with אֶלֿ ("" הוֺשִׁיעַ). Hiph`il Imperfect — or Qal according to BaZMG 1889, 178, who compare Arabic — יָגֵן Isaiah 31:5 2t. — defend (= Qal), Jerusalem 31:5 גָּ֗֗֗נוֺן יגן with על ("" הִצִּיל); object Yahweh's people Zechariah 9:15 with על, 12:8 with בְּעַד. |
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