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title: אִנּוּן — they · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אִנּוּן (lemma:אִנּוּן), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: they. BDB 1906: pr. mpl. they, those. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִנּוּן

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«אִנּוּן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **they** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:אִנּוּן · **BDB:** אִנּוּן

### Glosses

\[are\].they (1); they (1); those (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

they [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5e0_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr. mpl. they, those [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5e0_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** pr. 3 mpl. they, those (pl. of הוּא: 𝔗 אִינּוּן, f. אִינִּין, e.g. Gn 3:7; 6:2; Syriac ܗܶܢܽܘܢ, ܐܶܢܽܘܢ, f. ܗܶܢܶܝܢ, ܐܶܢܶܝܢ; Talm. אִינְהוֹ, אִינְהֵי (for אִינְהוֹן, אִינְהֵין); Mand. הינון, הינין;—all from הוֹן, הֵן, with demonstr. syll. אן, הן ‘lo,’ prefixed, WCG 98, 106 NöM 86);—they, those, Dn 2:44 מַלְכַיָּא אִנּוּן those kings, 6:25 as accus. רְמוֹ אִנּוּן, 7:17 Kt דִּי אִנּוּן אַרְבַּע (Qr f. אִנִּין) which are four (Dr 1 S 10:19 K§ 87, 3), Ezr 5:4 מָה אִנּוּן שְׁמָהָת … = what are the names …? (Dr§ 201, 3, Obs., K l.c.). cf.הוּא.

### Jastrow 1903

אִנּוּן

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , pl. of אִיהוּ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִנּוּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5e0_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.4/)

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אֱדַ֥יִן כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־אִנּוּן֙ שְׁמָהָ֣ת גֻּבְרַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־דְנָ֥ה בִנְיָנָ֖א בָּנַֽיִן׃

*Word for word:* then as.follows we.said to them what? \[are\].they the.names of the.men who this the building \[are\].building

*JPS 1917:* 'Then spoke we unto them after this manner, wrote they: What are the names of the men that build this building?'

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[Daniel 2:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.44/)

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וּֽבְיוֹמֵיה֞וֹן דִּ֧י מַלְכַיָּ֣א אִנּ֗וּן יְקִים֩ אֱלָ֨הּ שְׁמַיָּ֤א מַלְכוּ֙ דִּ֤י לְעָלְמִין֙ לָ֣א תִתְחַבַּ֔ל וּמַ֨לְכוּתָ֔ה לְעַ֥ם אָחֳרָ֖ן לָ֣א תִשְׁתְּבִ֑ק תַּדִּ֤ק וְתָסֵיף֙ כָּל־אִלֵּ֣ין מַלְכְוָתָ֔א וְהִ֖יא תְּק֥וּם לְעָלְמַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and in days their (diy).of the kings those he.will.set.up the.God of the.heavens a.kingdom which forever not it.will.be.destroyed and the kingdom to a.people another not it.will.be.left it.will.shatter and it.will.put.an.end.to all these the kingdoms and it it.will.endure for (the) ever

*JPS 1917:* And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; nor shall the kingdom be left to another people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but it shall stand for ever.

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