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title: אָמָּן — master-workman · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָמָּן (542), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: master-workman. BDB 1906: n.m. master-workman, artist. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָמָּן

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«אָמָּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **master-workman** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 542 · **BDB:** אָמָּן

### Glosses

of.a.master-craftsman (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

master-workman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/542/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. master-workman, artist [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/542/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. master-workman, artist Ct 7:2 (Mish. Talm. אוּמָן, אוּמָנוּת handiwork, Syriac ܐܽܘܡܳܢ 𝔖 Ex 28:11, where = Heb. חָרָשׁ \& is likewise used of gems; Nab. אמנא Vog94, Assyrian mar ummâni, Lyon Sargontexte 65, cf. ZimBP 12; cf. ii. אָמוֹן).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָמָּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/542/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.2/)

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מַה־יָּפ֧וּ פְעָמַ֛יִךְ בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים בַּת־נָדִ֑יב חַמּוּקֵ֣י יְרֵכַ֔יִךְ כְּמ֣וֹ חֲלָאִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י אָמָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* how! they.are.beautiful feet your in (the) sandals O.daughter of.a.noble.\[person\] the.curves your.thighs your \[are\].like ornaments \[the\].work of.\[the\].hands of.a.master-craftsman

*JPS 1917:* How beautiful are thy steps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like the links of a chain, the work of the hands of a skilled workman.

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