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title: עַצְמוֹן — Azmon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַצְמוֹן (6111), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Azmon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַצְמוֹן

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«עַצְמוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Azmon** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6111 · **BDB:** עַצְמוֹן

### Glosses

to (2); Azmon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Azmon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6111/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6111/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Ασε(λ)μωνα, on extreme S. border of Canaan, Nu 34:5, c. ה loc. עַצְמֹ֫נָה v 4, עַצְמ֫וֹנָה Jos 15:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «עַצְמוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6111/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 34:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.34.5/)

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וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מֵעַצְמ֖וֹן נַ֣חְלָה מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיָּֽמָּה׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.turn the border from Azmon the.wadi to of.Egypt and they.will.be extremities its to the sea

*JPS 1917:* and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the Brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Sea.

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[Joshua 15:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.4/)

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וְעָבַ֣ר עַצְמ֗וֹנָה וְיָצָא֙ נַ֣חַל מִצְרַ֔יִם וְהָי֛וּ תֹּצְא֥וֹת הַגְּב֖וּל יָ֑מָּה זֶה־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם גְּב֥וּל נֶֽגֶב׃

*Word for word:* and it.passes.on to Azmon and it.goes.out the.wadi of.Egypt and they.are the.extremities of the.territory westward this it.will.be for you border of.\[the\].south

*JPS 1917:* And it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the Brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea; this shall be your south border.

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