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title: הוֹן — wealth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הוֹן (1952), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: wealth. BDB 1906: n.m. wealth, sufficiency. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הוֹן

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«הוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wealth** — 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:** 26 times · **Key:** 1952 · **BDB:** הוֹן

### Glosses

wealth (19); \[the\].wealth (2); enough (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wealth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1952/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wealth, sufficiency [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1952/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 8:18, wealth, sufficiency (poet., almost wholly WisdLt, especially Pr; cf. 1. אוֹן p. 20 supr.)—abs. הוֹן Pr 1:13 + 15 times + Ez 27:12, 18 (where 𝔊 𝔖 Co הוֹנֵךְ); cstr. Pr 6:31 + 3 times; sf. הוֶֹנ֑ךָ Pr 3:9; הוֹנֵךְ Ez 27:27 + v 12, 18 Co; הוֹנוֹ Pr 28:8; pl. sf. הוֹנַיִךְ Ez 27:33— wealth ψ 112:3 (‖ עֹשֶׁר) Pr 8:18 (‖ id.) 1:13 (‖ שָׁלָל) cf. הוֹן עָשִׁיר Pr 10:15 (opp. דַּלִּים), 18:11; Pr 3:9 (‖ רֵאשִׁית כָּל־תְּבוּאָתֶ֑ךָ) הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ Pr 6:31 Ct 8:7, בַּיִת וָהוֹן Pr 19:14; see 19:4 (opp. דָּל) 28:8 (opp. דַּלִּים); also ψ 119:14 Pr 11:4; 12:27; 13:7, 11; 24:4; 28:22 (opp. חֶסֶר) 29:3; Ez 27:12, 18, 27, 33. with מָכַר + בְּ pretii, = high value, or price תִּמְכֹּר עַמְּךָ בְּלֹא הוֹן ψ 44:13—i.e. cheaply, = ‘for no price at all’ (‖ מחיר). sufficiency, enough! in exclam. Pr 30:15, 16 (so also 𝔖 𝔗, Aq Sym Theod ἀρκεῖ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1952/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.13/)

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כָּל־ה֣וֹן יָקָ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א נְמַלֵּ֖א בָתֵּ֣ינוּ שָׁלָֽל׃

*Word for word:* all wealth prized we.will.find we.will.fill houses our plunder

*JPS 1917:* We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;

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[Psalms 119:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.14/)

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בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ עֵדְוֺתֶ֥יךָ שַׂ֗שְׂתִּי כְּעַ֣ל כָּל־הֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* in the.way your.testimonies your I.exult as on all wealth

*JPS 1917:* I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

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