מגן (magen) — pictograph word study

מגן

Meaning: shield, defense

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

מ Mem — value 40
Water, flow, womb, source; forty — the number of testing and transformation (flood, Sinai, wilderness) letter page →

ג Gimel — value 3
Movement, giving, ripening (gamal — to deal fully, to wean); the camel that carries provision across distance letter page →

ן Nun — value 50
Fish, life multiplying, faithfulness (ne'eman); fifty — Jubilee, freedom, Shavuot's fiftieth day letter page →

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