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title: סִיחוֹן — Sihon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סִיחוֹן (5511), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: Sihon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Sihon. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סִיחוֹן

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«סִיחוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sihon** — 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:** 37 times · **Key:** 5511 · **BDB:** סִיחוֹן

### Glosses

Sihon (25); of.Sihon (12)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sihon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5511/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Sihon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5511/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Sihon (on format. cf. LagBN 198);—סִיחוֹן Nu 21:27 + 18 times, סִיחֹן v 21 + 17 times;—king of Amorites, Nu 21:21 + 7 times Nu 21 (JE), 32:33 (R) Dt 1:4 + 10 times Dt, Ju 2:10 + 4 times Ju (D) + 13:21(×2), 27 (P), 11:19, 20(×2), 21 Je 48:45 1 K 4:19 Ne 9:22 ψ 135:11; 136:19. 𝔊 Σηων, 𝔊L Σιων.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סִיחוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5511/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 136:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.136.19/)

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לְ֭סִיחוֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֑י כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* to Sihon the.king of the.Amorites (dm) \[is\] forever loyalty his.covenant

*JPS 1917:* Sihon king of the Amorites, for His mercy endureth for ever;

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[Numbers 21:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.21/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־סִיחֹ֥ן מֶֽלֶךְ־הָאֱמֹרִ֖י לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.sent Israel messengers to Sihon the.king of the.Amorite\[s\] (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying:

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