---
title: אִיתוֹן — entrance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אִיתוֹן (lemma:אִיתוֹן), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: entrance. BDB 1906: n.m. entrance. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5ea_5d5_5b9_5df.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-4.md)‎ / אִיתוֹן‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# אִיתוֹן

<!-- .meta -->
«אִיתוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **entrance** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:אִיתוֹן · **BDB:** אִיתוֹן²

### Glosses

entrance (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

entrance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5ea_5d5_5b9_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. entrance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5ea_5d5_5b9_5df/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** Qr, יאתון Kt, n.m. entrance, הָי֯אִתוֹן Ez 40:15; Co reads אתיון; cf. Sm Ol§215 d.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִיתוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5ea_5d5_5b9_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Ezekiel 40:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.15/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וְעַ֗ל פְּנֵי֙ הַשַּׁ֣עַר הָֽאִית֔וֹן עַל־לִפְנֵ֕י אֻלָ֥ם הַשַּׁ֖עַר הַפְּנִימִ֑י חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים אַמָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and on the.face of the.gate the entrance on before the.porch of the.gate (the) inner fifty cubit\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And from the forefront of the gate of the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [אִישׁוֹן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/380.md)
- next →: [אִיתִיאֵל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/384.md)
- ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-4.md)