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title: אֹן — On · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֹן (204), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: On. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. On. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֹן

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«אֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **On** — 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:** 204 · **BDB:** אֹן

### Glosses

of.On (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

On [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/204/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. On [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/204/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (Gn 41:45; 46:20) אוֹן (Gn 41:50 Ez 30:17) n.pr.loc. On (Egypt. Ȧn cf. EbGS 75 WiedSamml 46; perhaps = Assyrian Unu, SteindorffBAS i. 610, contr. DlPa 318) city in lower Egypt, prob. on border of land of Goshen, residence of ‘Potiphera, priest of On,’ father-in-law of Joseph Gn 41:45, 50; 46:20; also Ez 30:17 (where MT אָוֶן); it was celebrated for worship of sun-god Ra, \& hence called also sun-city, בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ Je 43:13, 𝔊 Ἡλίου πόλις; mod. Matariye, on E. bank of Nile, c. 7 miles E. of N. from Cairo \& 18 from Memphis;—cf. EbGS 75, 507 f. \& map Wiedl.c.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/204/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 41:50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.50/)

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וּלְיוֹסֵ֤ף יֻלַּד֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּב֖וֹא שְׁנַ֣ת הָרָעָ֑ב אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ֙ אָֽסְנַ֔ת בַּת־פּ֥וֹטִי פֶ֖רַע פּ֥וֹטִי פֶ֖רַע כֹּהֵ֥ן אֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and to Joseph it.was.born two sons before it.came the.year of.(the) famine whom she.bore to him Asenath the.daughter of Potiphera the.priest of.On

*JPS 1917:* And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.

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[Genesis 46:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.46.20/)

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וַיִּוָּלֵ֣ד לְיוֹסֵף֮ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֒ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ֙ אָֽסְנַ֔ת בַּת־פּ֥וֹטִי פֶ֖רַע פּ֥וֹטִי פֶ֖רַע כֹּהֵ֣ן אֹ֑ן אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וְאֶת־אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.born to Joseph in the.land of.Egypt \[those\].whom she.bore to him Asenath the.daughter of Potiphera the.priest of.On (et) Manasseh and (et) Ephraim

*JPS 1917:* And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.

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