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title: אֲמָנָה — Amana · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲמָנָה (549), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Amana. BDB 1906: n.pr.fl. 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: **Amana** — 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:** 549 · **BDB:** אֲמָנָה²

### Glosses

\[are\].Amana (1); of.Amana (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Amana [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/549/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.fl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/549/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.fl. a river (constant? cf. Is 33:16) flowing down from Antilebanon into the plain of Damascus 2 K 5:12 (Qr; אֲבָנָה Kt), the Gr. Chrysorrhoas, mod. Arabic Nahr Baradâ. the region from which it flows Ct 4:8.

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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, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1488/549/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.12/)

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הֲלֹ֡א טוֹב֩ אֲמָנָ֨ה וּפַרְפַּ֜ר נַהֲר֣וֹת דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק מִכֹּל֙ מֵימֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֲלֹֽא־אֶרְחַ֥ץ בָּהֶ֖ם וְטָהָ֑רְתִּי וַיִּ֖פֶן וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ בְּחֵמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* ? not good \[are\].Amana and Pharpar the.rivers of.Damascus more than.all the.waters of.Israel ? not will.I.wash in them and I.will.be.clean and he.turned and he.went in a.rage

*JPS 1917:* Are not Amanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?' So he turned, and went away in a rage.

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[Song of Songs 4:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.8/)

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אִתִּ֤י מִלְּבָנוֹן֙ כַּלָּ֔ה אִתִּ֖י מִלְּבָנ֣וֹן תָּב֑וֹאִי תָּשׁ֣וּרִי ׀ מֵרֹ֣אשׁ אֲמָנָ֗ה מֵרֹ֤אשׁ שְׂנִיר֙ וְחֶרְמ֔וֹן מִמְּעֹנ֣וֹת אֲרָי֔וֹת מֵֽהַרְרֵ֖י נְמֵרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* with me from Lebanon O.bride with me from Lebanon you.will.come you.will.come.down from the.top of.Amana from the.top of.Senir and Hermon from.\[the\] dens of.lions from.\[the\] mountains of.leopards

*JPS 1917:* Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

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