Magen (מגן) means shield in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
shield
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Magen.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לוח עבה הנאחז ביד ומיועד לבלום התקפות אויב.
אַשְׁרֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִי כָמוֹךָ עַם נוֹשַׁע בַּיהֹוָה מָגֵן עֶזְרֶךָ וַאֲשֶׁר-חֶרֶב גַּאֲוָתֶךָ וְיִכָּחֲשׁוּ אֹיְבֶיךָ לָךְ וְאַתָּה עַל-בָּמוֹתֵימוֹ תִדְרֹךְ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Magen is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- מָגֵן
- Written without vowel points
- מגן
- Said
- magen
- Root
- ג־נ־נ
- Pattern
- מַקְטֵל
- Plural
- מָגִנִּים
- Inflections
- ר' מָגִנִּים; מָגֵן־, ר' מָגִנֵּי־
- Gematria
- 93
This is how Magen is said in other languages.
- English
- shield
- Arabic
- ترس, درع
- Russian
- щит
- French
- bouclier
- Spanish
- escudo
- German
- Schild
- Yiddish
- שילד
These words mean nearly the same as Magen.
- שלט
- תריסshutter
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These words rhyme with Magen.
The word Magen is part of these phrases and sayings.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Magen comes from the root ג־נ־נ, like these words.
These words come before and after Magen in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Magen.
What does Magen (מגן) mean in Hebrew?
Magen (מגן) means shield. It is said magen, with the stress on gen.
What is a synonym for Magen (מגן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Magen (מגן) are שלט and תריס.
What rhymes with Magen (מגן)?
Words that rhyme with Magen (מגן) include בן, שן, זקן, התקן, כן, and מאפיין.
Is Magen (מגן) masculine or feminine?
The word Magen (מגן) is a masculine noun, and its plural is מָגִנִּים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מגן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.