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title: אֻמְנָם — verily · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֻמְנָם (552), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: verily. BDB 1906: adv. verily, truly, indeed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֻמְנָם

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«אֻמְנָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **verily** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 552 · **BDB:** אֻמְנָם

### Glosses

really (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

verily [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/552/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. verily, truly, indeed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/552/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. (from אֹמֶן by aff. ָם) verily, truly, indeed, always in interrog. Gn 18:13 (J), elsewhere הַאֻמְנָם Nu 22:37 (E) 1 K 8:27 2 Ch 6:18 ψ 58:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֻמְנָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/552/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 58:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.2/)

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הַֽאֻמְנָ֗ם אֵ֣לֶם צֶ֭דֶק תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן מֵישָׁרִ֥ים תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* ? really silence of.righteousness do you.speak uprightness(es) do.you.judge? \[the\].children of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?

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[Genesis 18:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.13/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה זֶּה֩ צָחֲקָ֨ה שָׂרָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר הַאַ֥ף אֻמְנָ֛ם אֵלֵ֖ד וַאֲנִ֥י זָקַֽנְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to Abraham why? this did.she.laugh Sarah (cmp) ? also really will.I.bear.a.child and I I.am.old

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto Abraham: 'Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying: Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

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