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title: אָן — where? · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָן (575), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 41 times: where?. BDB 1906: adv. where whither. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָן

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«אָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **where?** — 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:** 41 times · **Key:** 575 · **BDB:** אָן

### Glosses

where? (27); when? (14)

### Meaning (OSHB)

where? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/575/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. where whither [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/575/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. (contracted from I. אַיִן) where? or whither? 1 S 10:14 (cf. 27:10 𝔖 𝔗, v. sub אַל ad fin.); only besides in †מֵאָן whence? 2 K 5:25 Kt (Qr מֵאַיִן); †עַד־אָן of time to what point? how long? Jb 8:2. With ה locale: אָ֫נָה (a) whither? Gn 16:8; 32:18 2 S 2:1; 13:13 2 K 6:6 ψ 139:7(×2) + 9 textual; in indirect sentence Jos 2:5 Ne 2:16; (b) pregnantly †Ru 2:19 Is 10:3; (c) in the phrase אָ֫נֶה וָאָ֫נָה any whither †1 K 2:36, 42 2 K 5:25; (d) of time, עַד־אָ֫נָה how long? †Ex 16:28 Nu 14:11(×2) (c. לֹא) Jos 18:3 Je 47:6 (sq. לֹא) Hb 1:2 ψ 13:2(×2), 3(×2); 62:4 Jb 18:2; 19:2 (less common than the syn. עַד מָתַי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 25 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/575/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 21:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.21/)

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הִתְאַחֲדִ֥י הֵימִ֖נִי הָשִׂ֣ימִי הַשְׂמִ֑ילִי אָ֖נָה פָּנַ֥יִךְ מֻעָדֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* be.sharp go.to.the.right cause.to.set go.to.the.left where? face \[is\].your set

*JPS 1917:* Go thee one way to the right, or direct thyself to the left; whither is thy face set?

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[Job 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.2/)

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עַד־אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* until when? will.you.say these.\[things\] and.\[be\] a.wind mighty? \[will\].the.words your.mouth your

*JPS 1917:* How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?

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