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title: עַלְמוֹן — Almon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַלְמוֹן (5960), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Almon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַלְמוֹן

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«עַלְמוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Almon** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5960 · **BDB:** עַלְמוֹן

### Glosses

Almon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Almon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5960/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5960/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (cf. Sab. n.pr. עלמן Hal192);—priestly city in Benj. Jos 21:18 (P), 𝔊 Γαμαλα, A Αλμων, 𝔊L Ελμων; = עָלֶמֶת in ‖ 1 Ch 6:45 (𝔊 Γαλεμεθ, 𝔊L Αλαμωθ); mod. ʿAlmît, c. 1 hour NE. of Jerusalem, v. BuhlGeogr. 175.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַלְמוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5960/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 21:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.21.18/)

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אֶת־עֲנָתוֹת֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־עַלְמ֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע׃

*Word for word:* (et) Anathoth and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Almon and (et) lands its.pasture cities four

*JPS 1917:* Anathoth with the open land about it, and Almon with the open land about it; four cities.

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