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title: אֱמוּן — trusting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱמוּן (lemma:אֱמוּן), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: trusting. BDB 1906: trusting, faithfulness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱמוּן

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«אֱמוּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trusting** — 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:** lemma:אֱמוּן · **BDB:** אֵמֻן

### Glosses

faithful.\[people\] (2); of.the.faithful.\[ones\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trusting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5de_5d5_5bc_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

trusting, faithfulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5de_5d5_5bc_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] trusting, faithfulness (on format. cf. Ges§ 84 a R. 12). בָּנִים לֹא אֵמֻן בָּם children in whom there is no trusting Dt 32:20 (poet.) אֱמוּנִים pl. abst. faithfulness; צִיר א׳ messenger of faithfulness, trusty messenger Pr 13:17; עֵד א׳ faithful witness Pr 14:5; cf. אִישׁ א׳ Pr 20:6; שֹׁמֵר א׳ keeping faithfulness Is 26:2; perhaps also ψ 31:24 נצר א׳ v. I. \[אָמַן\].

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱמוּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5de_5d5_5bc_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 12:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.2/)

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הוֹשִׁ֣יעָה יְ֭הוָה כִּי־גָמַ֣ר חָסִ֑יד כִּי־פַ֥סּוּ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* save O.Yahweh (dm) he.has.come.to.an.end \[the\].faithful (dm) they.have.vanished faithful.\[people\] from.\[the\] children of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

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[Psalms 31:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.31.24/)

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אֶֽהֱב֥וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֗ה כָּֽל־חֲסִ֫ידָ֥יו אֱ֭מוּנִים נֹצֵ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥ם עַל־יֶ֝֗תֶר עֹשֵׂ֥ה גַאֲוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* love (et) Yahweh O.all his.faithful \[people\] faithful.\[people\] \[is\].preserving Yahweh and \[he.is\].repaying on excess \[one.who\].does (of).pride

*JPS 1917:* O love the LORD, all ye His godly ones; the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.

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