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title: אָוֶן — Aven · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָוֶן (206), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Aven. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. On. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָוֶן

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«אָוֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Aven** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 206 · **BDB:** אֹן

### Glosses

of.wickedness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/206/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. On [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/206/#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: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «אָוֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/206/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 30:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.30.17/)

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בַּח֥וּרֵי אָ֛וֶן וּפִי־בֶ֖סֶתפִי־בֶ֖סֶת בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ וְהֵ֖נָּה בַּשְּׁבִ֥י תֵלַֽכְנָה׃

*Word for word:* the.young.men of.wickedness and Pi-beseth Pi-beseth by the sword they.will.fall and they.\[fem\] in (the) captivity they.will.go

*JPS 1917:* The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.

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