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title: אֳנִיָּה — a ship · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֳנִיָּה (591), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: a ship. BDB 1906: n.f. unit. ship. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֳנִיָּה

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«אֳנִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a ship** — 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:** 31 times · **Key:** 591 · **BDB:** אֳנִיָּה

### Glosses

ships (13); the.ships (7); (the).ships (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a ship [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/591/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. unit. ship [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/591/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. unit. a ship—abs. Jon 1:3 + 3 times; Pl. abs. אֳנִיּוֹת Dt 28:68 +; אֳונִ֯יּוֹת 2 Ch 8:18; cstr. = abs. 1 K 22:49 +, etc.;—a ship Pr 30:19 Gn 49:13 Dt 28:68 Ju 5:17 (where, however, cf. BuBB Richter u. Sam. p. 16 on text) 1 K 22:49, 50 Is 43:14 2 Ch 8:18; 20:36, 37; Jon 1:4, 5 ψ 104:26; 107:23 Dn 11:40; א׳ הַיָּם Ez 27:9; propelled by oars Ez 27:29; especially א׳ תַּרְשִׁישׁ (cf. אֳנִי) 1 K 22:49 2 Ch 9:21 (cf. 1 K 10:22 supr. sub אֳנִי) ψ 48:8; Is 2:16; 23:1, 14; 60:9; Ez 27:25; late of ship going to Tarshish 2 Ch 9:21; 20:26 Jon 1:3; merchant-ship, א׳ סוֹחֵר Pr 31:14; א׳ אֵבֶ֑ה swift ships Jb 9:26 (cf. אבה); seamen אַנְשֵׁי־אֳנִיּוֹת 1 K 9:27.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֳנִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/591/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 48:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.8/)

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בְּר֥וּחַ קָדִ֑ים תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗ר אֳנִיּ֥וֹת תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃

*Word for word:* with a.wind of.\[the\].east you.shatter (the).ships of.Tarshish

*JPS 1917:* With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

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[Isaiah 23:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.23.14/)

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הֵילִ֖ילוּ אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* wail O.ships of.Tarshish (dm) it.has.been.devastated stronghold your

*JPS 1917:* Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.

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