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title: אׇמְנָה — bringing up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אׇמְנָה (545), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bringing up. BDB 1906: n.f. bringing up, nourishment. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אׇמְנָה

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«אׇמְנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bringing up** — 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:** 545 · **BDB:** אָמְנָה

### Glosses

guardianship (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bringing up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/545/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. bringing up, nourishment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/545/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. bringing up, nourishment, Est 2:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אׇמְנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/545/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 2:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.20/)

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אֵ֣ין אֶסְתֵּ֗ר מַגֶּ֤דֶת מֽוֹלַדְתָּהּ֙ וְאֶת־עַמָּ֔הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ מָרְדֳּכָ֑י וְאֶת־מַאֲמַ֤ר מָרְדֳּכַי֙ אֶסְתֵּ֣ר עֹשָׂ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר הָיְתָ֥ה בְאָמְנָ֖ה אִתּֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* not Esther \[was\].telling kindred her and (et) people her just as he.had.commanded to her Mordecai and (et) the.command of.Mordecai Esther \[was\].doing just as she.had.been in guardianship with him

*JPS 1917:* Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him —

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