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title: אָמוֹן — Amon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָמוֹן (528), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Amon. BDB 1906: n.pr. Amon. 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 528 · **BDB:** אָמוֹן

### Glosses

Amon (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Amon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/528/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. Amon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/528/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. Amon, an Egyptian god Na 3:8 Je 46:25, comp. by Greeks with Zeus (Herod. ii, 42; Diod i. 13), Ἀμμῶν. He was originally the local deity of Thebes (= נֹא, called נֹא אָמוֹן Na 3:8, cf. א׳ מִנֹּא Je 46:25), but subsequently became the supreme god of the Egyptian Pantheon, the successor of the sun-god Ra and so-called Amon Ra. He was the secret god, who hid himself and was difficult to find (Amon = concealment, hidden); v. Rawl. Hist. Anc. Egypt, i, 322 Ebers. RiHWB. Je 46:25 Spiegelberg Randglossen, 43 ff. reads נֹא אָמוֹן (as Na 3:8) for אָמוֹן נֹא, and finds in both a Thebes in the Delta. (ii. iii. אָמוֹן v. p. 54.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 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/1488/528/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.8/)

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הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ מִנֹּ֣א אָמ֔וֹן הַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙ בַּיְאֹרִ֔ים מַ֖יִם סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ אֲשֶׁר־חֵ֣יל יָ֔ם מִיָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* have you.been.made.good? more than.No Amon \[which was\].dwelling among the canals water \[was\].all.around (to) it which rampart \[was.the\].sea \[was\].from sea wall its

*JPS 1917:* Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea her wall?

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[Jeremiah 46:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.25/)

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אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הִנְנִ֤י פוֹקֵד֙ אֶל־אָמ֣וֹן מִנֹּ֔א וְעַל־פַּרְעֹה֙ וְעַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם וְעַל־אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ וְעַל־מְלָכֶ֑יהָ וְעַ֨ל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְעַ֥ל הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he.says Yahweh of.hosts the.God of.Israel here I \[am\].about.to.visit.\[judgment\] to Amon from Thebes and on Pharaoh and on Egypt and on gods its and on kings its and on Pharaoh and on \[those who\].trust in him

*JPS 1917:* The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him;

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