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title: אָמוֹן — Amon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָמוֹן (526), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Amon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Amon** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 526 · **BDB:** אָמוֹן³

### Glosses

Amon (10); of.Amon (6); \[was\].Amon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Amon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/526/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/526/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (master-workman) (a) king of Judah 2 K 21:18, 19, 23, 24, 25 1 Ch 3:14 2 Ch 33:20, 21, 22, 23 25 Je 1:2; 25:3; (b) captain of a city 1 K 22:26 2 Ch 18:25; (c) one of the line of Solomon’s servants Ne 7:59 = אָמִי Ezr 2:57.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1488/526/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 3:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.14/)

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אָמ֥וֹן בְּנ֖וֹ יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בְנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].Amon son his \[was\].Josiah son his

*JPS 1917:* Amon his son, Josiah his son.

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[Nehemiah 7:59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.59/)

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בְּנֵ֧י שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה בְנֵֽי־חַטִּ֗יל בְּנֵ֛י פֹּכֶ֥רֶת הַצְּבָיִ֖ים פֹּכֶ֥רֶת הַצְּבָיִ֖ים בְּנֵ֥י אָמֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Shephatiah the.descendants of.Hattil the.descendants of Pokereth-Hazzebaim the.descendants of.Amon

*JPS 1917:* the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon.

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