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title: אֲנָךְ — plummet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲנָךְ (594), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: plummet. BDB 1906: plummet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲנָךְ

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«אֲנָךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plummet** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 594 · **BDB:** אֲנָךְ

### Glosses

tin (3); of.tin (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plummet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/594/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

plummet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/594/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] plummet (cf. words in cogn. lang. for lead, tin, etym. dub., perhaps foreign; Arabic آنُكٌ (v. Frä153) Syriac ܐܰܢܟܳܐ Mand. אנכא, Assyrian anâku LyonSargontexte 92; v. LagArm. Stud. § 103 cf. Id.BN 175)—אֲנָ֑ךְ except once Am 7:8—plummet Am 7:7, 8(×2); חוֹמַת א׳, i.e. a vertical wall v 7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲנָךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/594/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 7:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.7/)

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כֹּ֣ה הִרְאַ֔נִי וְהִנֵּ֧ה אֲדֹנָ֛י נִצָּ֖ב עַל־חוֹמַ֣ת אֲנָ֑ךְ וּבְיָד֖וֹ אֲנָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* thus he showed.me and there! Lord \[the\] \[was\].standing on a.wall of.tin and.\[was\] in hand his tin

*JPS 1917:* Thus He showed me; and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in His hand.

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[Amos 7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.8/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י מָֽה־אַתָּ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ עָמ֔וֹס וָאֹמַ֖ר אֲנָ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹנָ֗י הִנְנִ֨י שָׂ֤ם אֲנָךְ֙ בְּקֶ֙רֶב֙ עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹֽא־אוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד עֲב֥וֹר לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to me what? \[are\].you seeing O.Amos and I.said tin and he.said Lord \[the\] here I \[am\].about.to.put tin in the.midst my.people my Israel not I.will.repeat again to.pass.by (to) it

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto me: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A plumbline.' Then said the Lord: Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more;

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