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title: אֱמוּן — faithfulness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱמוּן (529), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: faithfulness. BDB 1906: trusting, faithfulness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱמוּן

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«אֱמוּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **faithfulness** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 529 · **BDB:** אֵמֻן

### Glosses

of.faithfulness(es) (3); faithfulness (1); faithfulness(es) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

faithfulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/529/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

trusting, faithfulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/529/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] trusting, faithfulness (on format. cf. Ges§ 84 a R. 12). בָּנִים לֹא אֵמֻן בָּם children in whom there is no trusting Dt 32:20 (poet.) אֱמוּנִים pl. abst. faithfulness; צִיר א׳ messenger of faithfulness, trusty messenger Pr 13:17; עֵד א׳ faithful witness Pr 14:5; cf. אִישׁ א׳ Pr 20:6; שֹׁמֵר א׳ keeping faithfulness Is 26:2; perhaps also ψ 31:24 נצר א׳ v. I. \[אָמַן\].

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱמוּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/529/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 26:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.2/)

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פִּתְח֖וּ שְׁעָרִ֑ים וְיָבֹ֥א גוֹי־צַדִּ֖יק שֹׁמֵ֥ר אֱמֻנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* open \[the\].gates so that.it.may.enter a.nation righteous \[which\].keeps faithfulness(es)

*JPS 1917:* Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation that keepeth faithfulness may enter in.

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[Proverbs 13:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.17/)

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מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* a.messenger wicked he.falls in trouble and an.envoy of.faithfulness(es) \[is\].healing

*JPS 1917:* A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

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