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title: אָמוֹן — artificer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָמוֹן (525), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: artificer. BDB 1906: n.m. artificer, architect, master-workman. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָמוֹן

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«אָמוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **artificer** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 525 · **BDB:** אָמוֹן²

### Glosses

a.craftsman (1); the.craftsman (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

artificer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/525/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. artificer, architect, master-workman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/525/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. artificer, architect, master-workman, as firm and sure in his workmanship: וָאֶהְיֶה אֶצְלוֹ אָמוֹן I was at his side architect, master-workman (𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Ges Ew De MV RV, \> foster-son AE Ki AV) Pr 8:30; יֶתֶר הָֽאָמוֹן rest of the master-workmen Je 52:15 (Hi Gf De RVm, but rest of the multitude Ges MV RV et al., אמון = המון)—1. אָמוֹן v. supr. p. 51.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָמוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/525/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.30/)

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וָֽאֶהְיֶ֥ה אֶצְל֗וֹ אָ֫מ֥וֹן וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה שַׁ֭עֲשֻׁעִים י֤וֹם ׀ י֑וֹם מְשַׂחֶ֖קֶת לְפָנָ֣יו בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* and I.was beside him a.craftsman and I.was delight(s) day day playing before him at every time

*JPS 1917:* Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him,

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[Jeremiah 52:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.52.15/)

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וּמִדַּלּ֨וֹת הָעָ֜ם וְֽאֶת־יֶ֥תֶר הָעָ֣ם ׀ הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים בָּעִ֗יר וְאֶת־הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽפְלוּ֙ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֵ֖ת יֶ֣תֶר הָֽאָמ֑וֹן הֶגְלָ֕ה נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן רַב־טַבָּחִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and some of.the.poor.people of the.people and (et) the.rest of the.people \[which\] remained in the city and (et) \[those who.had\].fallen who they.had.fallen to the.king of.Babylon and (et) the.rest of the.craftsman he.took.into.exile Nebuzaradan \[the\].chief of.\[the\].bodyguards

*JPS 1917:* Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest sort of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.

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