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title: אֲחִימַן — Ahiman · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחִימַן (289), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Ahiman. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחִימַן

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«אֲחִימַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahiman** — 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:** 289 · **BDB:** אֲחִימַן

### Glosses

Ahiman (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahiman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/289/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/289/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my brother is a gift? so Thes; cf. Arabic مَنٌّ ) a son of Anak Nu 13:22 Ju 1:10; אֲחִימָן֨ Jos 15:14. אֲחִימָן, v. NorziNu 13:22 GFMJu 1:10 (after Ven.1 Mich). a Levite, אֲחִימָ֑ן, 1 Ch 9:17.

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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 «אֲחִימַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/289/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.17/)

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וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִים֙ שַׁלּ֣וּם וְעַקּ֔וּב וְטַלְמֹ֖ן וַאֲחִימָ֑ן וַאֲחִיהֶ֥ם שַׁלּ֖וּם הָרֹֽאשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and the gatekeepers \[were\].Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and brother their Shallum \[was\].the chief

*JPS 1917:* And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother Shallum the chief;

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[Joshua 15:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.14/)

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וַיֹּ֤רֶשׁ מִשָּׁם֙ כָּלֵ֔ב אֶת־שְׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י הָעֲנָ֑ק אֶת־שֵׁשַׁ֤י וְאֶת־אֲחִימַן֙ וְאֶת־תַּלְמַ֔י יְלִידֵ֖י הָעֲנָֽק׃

*Word for word:* and he.dispossessed from there Caleb (et) three the.sons of.(the) Anak (et) Sheshai and (et) Ahiman and (et) Talmai those.born of.(the) Anak

*JPS 1917:* And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

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