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title: לוּן — murmur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לוּן (3885), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: murmur. BDB 1906: vb. murmur Hiph. Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לוּן

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«לוּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **murmur** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 3885 · **BDB:** לוּן²

### Glosses

they.grumbled (5); \[are\].grumbling (4); you.will.grumble (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

murmur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3885/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. murmur Hiph. Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3885/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. murmur, only Ex 15, 16, 17, Nu 14, 16, 17, and Jos 9:18 (Sam. always defect., hence NöZMG xxxvii, 1883, 535 n. thinks poss. לנן \[cf. רנן?\]; from limited occurrence, he supposes it disappeared early; but found chiefly in P);— Impf. 3 mpl. וַיִּלּוֹ֫נוּ Ex 15:24 + 3 times + Ex 16:2 Qr (Kt וילינו) + Nu 14:36 Kt (Qr וַיַּלִּי֫נוּ, Hiph.); 2 mpl. תִּלּוֹ֫נוּ Ex 16:7; Nu 16:11, both Kt (Qr תַּלִּי֫נוּ); on forms v. Ges§ 72 ee Köi. 509;—murmur against, sq. עַל Ex 15:24 (JE), 16:2, 7; Nu 14:2; 16:11; 17:6 Jos 9:18 (all P; all of people Isr.); abs. ψ 59:16 (v. ׃לון 1 a). Pf. 2 mpl. חֲלִינֹתֶם Nu 14:29; Impf. וַיָּ֫לָן Ex 17:3; וַיַּלִּי֫נוּ Ex 16:2 Kt, Nu 14:36 Qr; 2 mpl. תַּלִּי֫נוּ Ex 16:7 Qr, Nu 16:11 Qr (on all vid. supr.); Pt. pl. מַלִּינִים Ex 16:8 + 3 times;—murmur = Niph., sq. על Ex 17:3 (E), elsewhere P: 16:8 Nu 14:27(×2), 29; 17:20; cause to murmur, sq. acc. + עַל Nu 14:36 Qr; (cf. also supra Niph.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לוּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3885/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 15:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.24/)

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וַיִּלֹּ֧נוּ הָעָ֛ם עַל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹ֖ר מַה־נִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.grumbled the people on Moses (cmp) what? will.we.drink

*JPS 1917:* And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we drink?'

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[Psalms 59:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.59.16/)

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הֵ֭מָּה יְנִיע֣וּן לֶאֱכֹ֑ל אִם־לֹ֥א יִ֝שְׂבְּע֗וּ וַיָּלִֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* they they make.wander.about to eat if not they.are.satisfied and they.passed.the.night

*JPS 1917:* They wander up and down to devour, and tarry all night if they have not their fill.

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