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title: נוּן — Non · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נוּן (5126), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: Non. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נוּן

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«נוּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Non** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** 5126 · **BDB:** נוּן²

### Glosses

of.Nun (29); Nun (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Non [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5126/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5126/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (1 Ch 7:27) נוֹן n.pr.m. father of Joshua 1 Ch 7:27; elsewhere always בִּן־נוּן(יְהוֹשֻׁעַ) Ex 33:11 Nu 11:28; 13:8, 16 + 22 times Nu Dt Jos (JEDP); also Ju 2:8 1 K 16:34 Ne 8:17; 𝔊 Ναυη (for Ναυν by error, cf. Thes).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נוּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5126/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 13:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.8/)

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לְמַטֵּ֥ה אֶפְרָ֖יִם הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בִּן־נֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* for the.tribe of.Ephraim Hoshea the.son of.Nun

*JPS 1917:* Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.

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[1 Chronicles 7:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.27/)

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נ֥וֹן בְּנ֖וֹ יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* Nun son \[was\].his Joshua son \[was\].his

*JPS 1917:* Nun his son, Joshua his son.

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