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title: אֳנִי — ships · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֳנִי (590), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: ships. BDB 1906: n.m. coll. ships, fleet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֳנִי

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«אֳנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ships** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 590 · **BDB:** אֳנִי

### Glosses

the.ship\[s\] (4); ship\[s\] (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ships [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/590/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coll. ships, fleet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/590/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 K 10:11 \& f. v 22 coll. ships, fleet—abs. 1 K 9:26 +; cstr. 10:11 +;—of Sol. 1 K 9:26, 27; called א׳ תַרְשִׁישׁ (i.e. large, sea-going vessels, such as sail to Tarshish) 10:22(×2); א׳ חִירָם 10:11, 22; propelled by oars א׳־שַׁיִט Is 33:21.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֳנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/590/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 9:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.9.27/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח חִירָ֤ם בָּֽאֳנִי֙ אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו אַנְשֵׁ֣י אֳנִיּ֔וֹת יֹדְעֵ֖י הַיָּ֑ם עִ֖ם עַבְדֵ֥י שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Hiram in.\[the\] ship\[s\] (et) servants his men of.ships \[who\].knew (of).the sea with the.servants of.Solomon

*JPS 1917:* And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

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[1 Kings 9:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.9.26/)

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וָאֳנִ֡י עָשָׂה֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בְּעֶצְיֽוֹנ־גֶּ֨בֶרעֶצְיֽוֹנ־גֶּ֨בֶר אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֶת־אֵל֛וֹת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת יַם־ס֖וּף בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and ship\[s\] he.made the king Solomon at Ezion Geber which \[is\].with Elath on \[the\].shore of.\[the\].sea of.reed\[s\] in the.land of.Edom

*JPS 1917:* And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

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