H4044 H4044
covering, hardness of heart, spiritual obstinacy
A rare word meaning covering, appearing in Lamentations 3:65 as 'covering of heart.' This describes spiritual hardness or obstinacy—a shell or veil over the heart preventing understanding. Some interpret this as obstinacy or stubbornness, others as blindness of heart. The image is of something that shields or covers the heart, preventing God's word from penetrating. The Quranic parallel cited in BDB shows similar imagery of covers placed on hearts to prevent belief.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Covering of heart, hardness or blindness preventing spiritual understanding. Lamentations 3:65 asks God to give enemies 'covering of heart'—either obstinacy or blindness. BDB compares Quranic imagery of coverings on hearts preventing belief. The Spanish 'dureza-de' (hardness of) captures the sense of impenetrability. This describes a judicial hardening where God gives people over to their chosen spiritual blindness. 1×
AR["قَساَوَةَ-"]·ben["কঠিনতা"]·DE["[מגנת]"]·EN["hardness"]·FR["[מגנת]"]·heb["מגינת"]·HI["परदा-"]·ID["kekerasan"]·IT["[מגנת]"]·jav["wangkoting"]·KO["마비됨-을"]·PT["dureza-de"]·RU["ослепление"]·ES["dureza-de"]·SW["ugumu-wa"]·TR["katılık"]·urd["اندھاپن"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† [מְגִנָּה] n.f. covering, מְגִנַּת־לֵב La 3:65 covering of heart, i.e. a hard shell about the heart = obstinacy, so Ges (cf. Qor 6:25 وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِم أَكِنَّةً) RV; or, covering of the understanding, blindness of heart, so Ew Ke Näg Che.