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mgn (maggān) adv. gratis
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gratis
Common Aramaic
TgJ Jer22:13↗ בְחַברֵיה מַפלַח מַגָן וְאַגרֵיה לָא יָהֵיב לֵיה‏ : he makes his comrade work for nothing and does not pay him his wage ; VR 18:130(4)↗ אית בר נש דלעי מגן‏ : is there anyone who works for nothing? ; SamTgJ Ex21:2↗ ובשביעיתה יפק לחרותה מגן‏ : in the seventh year he shall go out free without paying ; AphDem1.6:4↗ ܡܓܢ ܡܬܝܗܒܐ݂ ܘܡܓܢ ܡܬܢܣܒܐ‏ ; P Mt10:8↗ ܡܲܓ̇ܵܢ ܢܣܲܒ݂ܬ݁ܘ݂ܢ܂ ܡܲܓ̇ܵܢ ܗܲܒ݂ܘ‏ : you have received without paying, so give without paying ; BT BQ 85a(52)↗ אסיא דמגן מגן הוא דשוי‏ : a doctor who charges nothing is worth nothing ; TgEsth307:4↗ אזדבננא מגן‏ : we have been sold for nothing
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for no reason
Qumran, CPA, Syr, LJLA
P Ps69:5↗ ܒ̈ܥܠܕܒܒܝ ܕܡܓܢ‏ : my enemy for no reason ; TgJob1:9↗ איפשר דמגן דחיל איוב מן קדם ייי‏ : could it be that Job fears the Lord without a reason? ; TgProv3:30↗ לא תינצי עם בר נש מגן אין לא עבד לך בישתא‏ : do not quarrel with someone for no reason if he has not done anything bad to you
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in vain, uselessly
Gal, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
VR 52:490(7)↗ פידעין דמגן‏ : unrequited injuries ; TgLamYemWT 2:14 ↗ נבואת מגן ומילי טעותא‏ : useless prophecies and false words
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JBA also var. < אמגן = (א_ + מגן)
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Apparently an old Hurrian word in Semitic; see AIOA p. 67.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 709[373]DJPA: 291aDJBA: 641bJastrow: 729J. Payne-Smith: 250Levy Ch-W: 2:7Tal Sam: 450DNWSI: 593DISO: 142Audo: 2:34DCPA[Schulthess]: 209[106]Qumran: 132

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