Lexical Definition

‎צִנָּה‎ tsinnâh (tsin-naw') hook ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎צֵן‎

buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.

• a hook (as pointed)
• also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness)
• also cold (as piercing)

1) something piercing, hook, barb
1a) meaning dubious
2) coolness, cold (of snow)
3) shield, large shield, buckler
3a) shield

See Greek: ἔξοδος · θυρεός · ὅπλον

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 Prov 25:13 coolness of snow (‎צינת רוח צפון‎ Eccl 43:20).

III. ‎צִנָּה‎ noun feminine large shield (covering whole body); — absolute ‎׳‎‎צ‎ 1Sam 17:7 +; plural ‎צִנּוֺת‎ 2Chr 11:12 — shield, larger than ‎מָגֵן‎ 1Kgs 10:16 (twice in verse) (compare v1Kgs 10:17) = 2Chr 9:15 (twice in verse); ‎נשֵֹׁא (הַ)צִנָּה‎ 1Sam 17:7; 1Sam 17:41 (‎׳‎‎הַצּ‎ ‎׳‎‎הָאִישׁ נ‎), 2Chr 14:7*, ‎׳‎‎נשְֹׁאֵי צ‎ 1Chr 12:25* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:24*); ‎עִרְכוּ מָגֵן וְצִנָּה‎ Jer 46:3, compare ‎׳‎‎עֹרְכֵי צ‎ 1Chr 12:9* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:8*); ‎׳‎‎אֹחֵז רֹמַח וְצ‎ 2Chr 25:5 ‎׳‎‎הַחֲזֵק מָגֵן וְצ‎ Ps 35:2 ‎׳‎‎הֵקִים עָלַיִךְ צ‎ Ezek 26:8 + ‎מָגֵן‎ also Ezek 23:24; Ezek 38:4; Ezek 39:9 ‎׳‎‎צ‎ 1Chr 12:35* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:34*) 2Chr 11:12 simile of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s favour Ps 5:13* figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s faithfulness Ps 91:4.

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