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title: אֲמָנָה — faith · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲמָנָה (548), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: faith. BDB 1906: n.f. faith, support. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲמָנָה

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«אֲמָנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **faith** — 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:** 548 · **BDB:** אֲמָנָה

### Glosses

a.fixed.provision (1); a.trustworthy.agreement (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

faith [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/548/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. faith, support [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/548/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. faith, support. אֲנַחְנוּ כֹּרְתִים אֲמָנָה we are plighting faith (make a sure covenant AV RV) Ne 10:1. א׳ עַל המ׳ support, fixed provision, for the singers Ne 11:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «אֲמָנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/548/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 11:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.23/)

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כִּֽי־מִצְוַ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וַאֲמָנָ֥ה עַל־הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים דְּבַר־י֥וֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.commandment of the.king \[was\].on them and a.fixed.provision \[was\].on the singers \[the\].matter of.a.day in day its

*JPS 1917:* For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a sure ordinance concerning the singers, as every day required.

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[Nehemiah 10:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.1/)

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וּבְכָל־זֹ֕את אֲנַ֛חְנוּ כֹּרְתִ֥ים אֲמָנָ֖ה וְכֹתְבִ֑ים וְעַל֙ הֶֽחָת֔וּם שָׂרֵ֥ינוּ לְוִיֵּ֖נוּ כֹּהֲנֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and in all this we \[are\].making a.trustworthy.agreement and \[we.are\].writing.\[it\] and.\[are\] on the.sealed \[document\] leaders our Levites our priests our

*JPS 1917:* And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and subscribe it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, set their seal unto it.

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