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title: אַרְנוֹן — Arnon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַרְנוֹן (769), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: Arnon. BDB 1906: n.pr.fl. Arnon. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַרְנוֹן

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«אַרְנוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Arnon** — 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:** 25 times · **Key:** 769 · **BDB:** אַרְנוֹן

### Glosses

of.Arnon (14); Arnon (8); of.\[the\].Arnon (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Arnon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/769/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.fl. Arnon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/769/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.fl. Arnon, wady \& stream in Moab (MI ארנן, Thes Add Rob Ges MV der. from רנן, i.e. the rushing, roaring stream)—אַרְנוֹן Nu 21:13(×2), 14 + 12 times, אַרְנֹן Nu 21:28 + 10 times—called boundary between Moab \& Amorites Nu 21:13 Ju 11:18, 22 cf. גְּבוּל אַרְנֹן Nu 22:36; often נַחַל אַרְנֹן Dt 2:24, 36; 3:8, 12, 16; 4:48; 2 K 10:33; נ׳ אַרְנוֹן Jos 12:1, 2; 13:9, 16; הַנְּחָלִים אַרְנוֹן Nu 21:14; i.e. the stream-ravines that unite to form Arnon, cf. Di: also בַּמוֹת אַרְנֹן heights of Arnon Nu 21:28; מעברות אַרְנוֹן fords of Arnon Is 16:2; elsewhere Nu 21:13, 24, 26; Ju 11:13, 18, 26; syn. of Moab Je 48:20; (cf. TristrMoab 125 f.; mod. Môjib)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַרְנוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/769/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 4:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.48/)

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מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַ֧חַל אַרְנֹ֛ן וְעַד־הַ֥ר שִׂיאֹ֖ן ה֥וּא חֶרְמֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* from Aroer which \[is\].on the.edge of.the.wadi of.Arnon and to the.mountain of.Siyon that \[is\].Hermon

*JPS 1917:* from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion — the same is Hermon —

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[Isaiah 16:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.16.2/)

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וְהָיָ֥ה כְעוֹף־נוֹדֵ֖ד קֵ֣ן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת לְאַרְנֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be like a.bird fluttering a.nest sent.away they.will.be the.daughters of.Moab \[the\].fords of Arnon

*JPS 1917:* For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

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