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title: אַרְמוֹן — citadel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַרְמוֹן (759), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: citadel. BDB 1906: n.m. citadel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַרְמוֹן

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«אַרְמוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **citadel** — 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 759 · **BDB:** אַרְמוֹן

### Glosses

fortresses (14); the.fortresses (6); palaces (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

citadel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/759/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. citadel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/759/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 32:14 citadel—א׳ abs. Je 30:18 +; cstr. Is 25:2; pl. אַרְמְנוֹת abs. Am 3:9(×2); cstr. 1:4 +; אַרְמְנוֹתֵינוּ Mi 5:4 +, etc.—citadel, castle, palace, not used before royal period, mostly in prophets, especially common in Am \& Je; citadel as securely barred (in sim.) Pr 18:19; א׳ בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ i.e. the citadel, stronghold 1 K 16:18, cf. 2 K 15:25; usually more general, of castles, palaces, prominent buildings; especially used in speaking of conquest, because the fine buildings would be especially object of attack \& plunder, palaces of Isr. Am 6:8; of Jerusalem Is 32:14 (sg. coll.) La 2:5, 7; 2 Ch 36:19; ψ 48:4, 14; 122:7 cf. Ho 8:14; Mi 5:4; Am 2:5; Je 17:27; of Samaria Am 3:10, 11; also Je 6:5; 9:20 belonging to Benhadad (i.e. Aramaic) Am 1:4 Je 49:27; of Tyre Is 23:13; Am 1:10; of Babylon Is 25:2 (sg. coll.), cf. 13:22 where read אַרְמְנוֹתָיו for אלמנותיו so 𝔖 𝔗 𝔙 Che Di (‖ היכלים; cf. Ez 19:7 according to 𝔗 al.; Dl BD xi defends MT in Ez 19:7 \& comp. Assyrian almattu, fortress); of Edom Is 34:13, of Gaza Am 1:7, of Rabbah 1:14, of Bozrah 1:12, of Kerioth 2:2, of Ashdod 3:9, of Egypt 3:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 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 «אַרְמוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/759/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 48:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.4/)

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אֱלֹהִ֥ים בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֶ֗יהָ נוֹדַ֥ע לְמִשְׂגָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* God \[is\].in fortresses its he.has.made.himself.known to a.refuge

*JPS 1917:* God in her palaces hath made Himself known for a stronghold.

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[Psalms 122:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.7/)

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יְהִֽי־שָׁל֥וֹם בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ שַׁ֝לְוָ֗ה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be peace in rampart your security in fortresses your

*JPS 1917:* Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

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