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title: אַתּוּן — furnace · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אַתּוּן (lemma:אַתּוּן), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 10 times: furnace. BDB 1906: n.m. furnace. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַתּוּן

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«אַתּוּן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **furnace** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** lemma:אַתּוּן · **BDB:** אַתּוּן

### Glosses

of.the.furnace (6); the (2); the.furnace (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

furnace [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. furnace [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 3:19 (prob. f. v. 26) furnace (prob. loan-word from Assyrian utûnu, atûnu, id. \[also TelAm.\], DHM VOJ i. 23 Buhl; Syriac ܐܰܬܘܿܢܳܐ, hence Arabic أَتُّونٌ as loan-word Frä 26; Ethiopic እቶን Di763; conj. on etym. in K § 59 Anm. Lag BN 111);—cstr. א׳ Dn 3:6, 11, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26; emph. אַתּוּנָא 3:19, 22.

### Jastrow 1903

אַתּוּן

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. אַתּוּנָא II. Dan. III, 6; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַתּוּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.11/)

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וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and whoever that not he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage he.will.be.thrown to the.midst of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning

*JPS 1917:* and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

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[Daniel 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.6/)

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וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֣א יִתְרְמֵ֔א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and whoever that not he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage at it the moment he.will.be.thrown to the.midst of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning

*JPS 1917:* and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'

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