H4200 H4200
Garners, storehouses, granaries for holding harvested grain; symbols of agricultural abundance
This word for storage buildings appears in Psalm 144:13 as part of a vision of agricultural blessing: 'our garners are full, providing every kind of produce.' Granaries were essential infrastructure in ancient agrarian society, protecting the harvest from weather, pests, and thieves. Full storehouses meant security, wealth, and God's favor. The psalmist's prayer for filled granaries reflects the fundamental importance of stored grain for survival through lean seasons. Abundance in the garners meant the community could thrive.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Storage facilities for grain and agricultural produce, appearing in Psalm 144's prayer for comprehensive blessing. Full granaries represented economic security, divine favor, and successful harvest in ancient agricultural society. The image of overflowing storehouses 'providing every kind of produce' captures the ideal of abundance and prosperity, where careful storage enables a community to thrive through seasons of scarcity. 1×
AR["مَخَازِنُنَا"]·ben["ভাণ্ডার-আমাদের"]·DE["unser-storehouses"]·EN["our-storehouses"]·FR["de-grenier"]·heb["מזווינו"]·HI["हमारे-भण्डार"]·ID["lumbung-lumbung-kami"]·IT["[מזוינו]"]·jav["Lumbung-lumbung-kita"]·KO["우리의-창고들이"]·PT["Nossos-celeiros"]·RU["житницы-наши"]·ES["Nuestros-graneros"]·SW["ghala-zetu"]·TR["ambarlarımız"]·urd["ہمارے-گودام"]
Related Senses
H1129 1. Qal: build, construct (316×)H2691a 1. court, courtyard, enclosure (142×)G4864 1. synagogue, place of Jewish assembly (56×)G5438 1. prison, place of confinement (41×)H4013 1. fortress, stronghold (37×)H0875 1. well, cistern (dug water source) (35×)H0352b 1. pillar or jamb of gateway (32×)H2474 1. window, opening in wall (32×)H1406 1. roof / rooftop (31×)H4609b 1. steps, stairs, stairway (31×)H1129 2. Nifal: be built, be established (30×)H0361 1. portico, porch (architectural structure) (27×)H1129 3. Qal participle: builder (27×)H1219 1. fortified, inaccessible (25×)H4581 1. fortress, stronghold (25×)H3805 1. capital of a pillar (24×)H4350 1. stand, base, pedestal (24×)H0759 1. palace, royal residence (21×)H4692 1. siege, besiegement (20×)G3618 1. build or construct physically (19×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מָ֫זוּ] n.m. garner (on format. cf. Ol§ 144 b, 197 b)—only Pl. sf. מְזָוֵינוּ מְלֵאִים ψ 144:13 our garners are full (word inflected as if מְ were radical; cf. Oll.c.)