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title: אַמְנוֹן — Amnon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַמְנוֹן (550), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: Amnon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַמְנוֹן

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«אַמְנוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Amnon** — 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:** 28 times · **Key:** 550 · **BDB:** אַמְנוֹן

### Glosses

Amnon (22); of.Amnon (4); \[was\].Amnon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Amnon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/550/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/550/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (faithful) eldest son of David 2 S 3:2; 13:1–39; = אֲמִינוֹן 2 S 13:20; = אַמְנֹן 1 Ch 3:1. a son of Shimon 1 Ch 4:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַמְנוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/550/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 13:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.39/)

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וַתְּכַל֙ דָּוִ֣ד הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לָצֵ֖את אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם כִּֽי־נִחַ֥ם עַל־אַמְנ֖וֹן כִּֽי־מֵֽת׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.\[fem\].completed David the king to go.out against Absalom (dm) he.was.comforted on Amnon (dm) he.had.died

*JPS 1917:* And the soul of king David failed with longing for Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

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[2 Samuel 3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.2/)

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וַיִּוָּלְד֧וּלְדָוִ֛ד בָּנִ֖ים בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וַיְהִ֤י בְכוֹרוֹ֙ אַמְנ֔וֹן לַאֲחִינֹ֖עַם הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִֽת׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.born to David sons in Hebron and he.was firstborn his Amnon of Ahinoam the.Jezreelite \[woman\]

*JPS 1917:* And unto David were sons born in Hebron; and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

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