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title: חַמָּן — sun-pillar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַמָּן (2553), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: sun-pillar. BDB 1906: n.m. sun-pillar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַמָּן

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«חַמָּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sun-pillar** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 2553 · **BDB:** חַמָּן

### Glosses

altars (7); incense.altars (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sun-pillar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2553/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sun-pillar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2553/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. sun-pillar, used in idolatrous worship (v. Thes489 ff. RSSem, i, 485 Lag Mi, 228 NowArch. ii, 302; = Palm. חמנא VogNo. 123 a; = Cooke N. Sem. Inscr., No. 136; LzbEphem. ii. (1906), 280; Ph. לבעל חמן often as epithet of solar Baal);—only pl. abs. חַמָּנִים Is 27:9 + 4 times; sf. חַמָּנֵיכֶם Lv 26:30 + 2 times; ‖ בָּמוֹת Lv 26:30 (H), 2 Ch 14:4, cf. Ez 6:4, 6; ‖ מזבחות הבעלים 2 Ch 34:4; ‖ אשׁרים Is 17:8; 27:9; ‖ אשׁרים and פְּסִלִים 2 Ch 34:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַמָּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2553/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.6.4/)

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וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ מִזְבְּח֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ חַמָּֽנֵיכֶ֑ם וְהִפַּלְתִּי֙ חַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י גִּלּוּלֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.made.desolate altars your and they.will.be.shattered altars your.incense and I.will.make.fall your.slain \[ones\] before idols your

*JPS 1917:* And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

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[2 Chronicles 14:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.14.4/)

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וַיָּ֙סַר֙ מִכָּל־עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה אֶת־הַבָּמ֖וֹת וְאֶת־הַֽחַמָּנִ֑ים וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה לְפָנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.removed from all the.cities of.Judah (et) the.high places and (et) the.incense altars and it.was.at.peace the kingdom before him

*JPS 1917:* Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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