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title: אוֹנָם — Onam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוֹנָם (208), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Onam. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוֹנָם

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«אוֹנָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Onam** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 208 · **BDB:** אוֹנָם

### Glosses

Onam (2); of.Onam (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Onam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/208/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/208/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (vigorous). chief of Horites Gn 36:23; 1 Ch 1:40. chief of tribe of Judah 1 Ch 2:26, 28.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוֹנָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/208/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.23/)

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וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ בְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹבָ֔ל עַלְוָ֥ן וּמָנַ֖חַת וְעֵיבָ֑ל שְׁפ֖וֹ וְאוֹנָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and these \[were\].the.sons of.Shobal Alvan and Manahath and Ebal Shepho and Onam

*JPS 1917:* And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

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[1 Chronicles 2:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.26/)

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וַתְּהִ֨י אִשָּׁ֥ה אַחֶ֛רֶת לִֽירַחְמְאֵ֖ל וּשְׁמָ֣הּ עֲטָרָ֑ה הִ֖יא אֵ֥ם אוֹנָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and she.belonged a.wife another to Jerahmeel and name her \[was\].Atarah she \[was\].the.mother of.Onam

*JPS 1917:* And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

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