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title: עַמּוֹנִי — Ammonite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַמּוֹנִי (5984), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: Ammonite. BDB 1906: adj. gent. Ammonite. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַמּוֹנִי

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«עַמּוֹנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ammonite** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 5984 · **BDB:** עַמּוֹנִי

### Glosses

Ammonite (8); \[woman\] (4); Ammonites (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ammonite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5984/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. gent. Ammonite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5984/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. gent. Ammonite;—abs. ms. עַמּוֹנִי as subst. Dt 23:4 an Ammonite (generic), so עַמֹּנִי Ne 13:1; הָעַמּוֹנִי of individual 1 S 11:1, 2; 2 S 23:37 = 1 Ch 11:39; Ne 2:19, so הָעַמֹּנִי 2:10; 3:35; fs. הָעַמֹּנִית 1 K 14:21 = 2 Ch 12:13; 1 K 14:31, so הָעַמּוֹנִית 2 Ch 24:26; הָעַמֹּנִי as subst. coll. Ezr 9:1; mpl. as subst. עַמֹּנִים 1 K 11:5, הָע׳ Dt 2:20; Ne 4:1, הָעַמּוֹ׳ 2 Ch 26:8 (on 20:1 v. מְעוּנִים); fpl. as adj. עַמֳּנִיֹּת 1 K 11:1, so Ne 13:23 Qr, Kt עמוניות.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַמּוֹנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5984/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.37/)

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צֶ֖לֶק הָעַמֹּנִ֑יס נַחְרַי֙ הַבְּאֵ֣רֹתִ֔י נֹשֵׂ֕א כְּלֵ֖י יוֹאָ֥ב בֶּן־צְרֻיָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Beerothite the.bearer of.the.armor(s) of.Joab the.son of.Zeruiah

*JPS 1917:* Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah;

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[1 Chronicles 11:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.39/)

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צֶ֖לֶק הָעַמּוֹנִ֑י נַחְרַי֙ הַבֵּ֣רֹתִ֔י נֹשֵׂ֕א כְּלֵ֖י יוֹאָ֥ב בֶּן־צְרוּיָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Beerothite the.bearer of.the.armor(s) of.Joab the.son of.Zeruiah

*JPS 1917:* Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah;

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