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מגנון‏ n.m. device, machine

device, machine LJLA. TgEsth² 1:2(94) : הוה תנינא רבא מפקע במגנון והוון אריוון ונישרין סלקי׳ במגנון ומטללין על ריש מלכא שלמה‏ there was a great serpent split (or: made to hiss?) by a machine and there were lions and vultures rising up by machine and shading the head of king Solomon †.

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