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title: מָעוֹן — Maon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָעוֹן (lemma:מָעוֹן), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Maon. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc. gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָעוֹן

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«מָעוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Maon** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:מָעוֹן · **BDB:** מָעוֹן³

### Glosses

Maon (3); of.Maon (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Maon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e2_5d5_5b9_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e2_5d5_5b9_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. loc. in Judah Jos 15:55 (P), 1 S 25:2 (𝔊 Μααν, Μαων), now Maʿîn (BuhlGeogr. 163 and reff.), 8 miles S. of Hebron; hence מִדְבַּר מ׳ 23:24, 25(×2), so read also 25:1 (for MT פארן) 𝔊 Th We Dr Bu Klo Kit Löhr; cf. m. in Judah 1 Ch 2:45(×2), 𝔊 Μεων, Μαων. gent. Ju 10:12 named with Sidonians and Amalek as ancient foes of Isr.; poss. intended by writer as = מְעוּנִים q.v. p. 589 supr.; many read מִדְיָן (𝔊Biblical Aramaic 𝔊L Μαδιαμ); v. GFM.—מְעוֹן v. בֵּית בַּעַל מְעוֹן p. 111 supr.; 1 Ch 4:41 v. מְעוּנִים p. 589.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָעוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e2_5d5_5b9_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.55/)

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מָע֥וֹן ׀ כַּרְמֶ֖ל וָזִ֥יף וְיוּטָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* Maon Carmel and Ziph and Juttah

*JPS 1917:* Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah;

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[Judges 10:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.10.12/)

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וְצִידוֹנִ֤ים וַֽעֲמָלֵק֙ וּמָע֔וֹן לָחֲצ֖וּ אֶתְכֶ֑ם וַתִּצְעֲק֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וָאוֹשִׁ֥יעָה אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִיָּדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] Sidonians and Amalek and Maon they.oppressed you and you.cried.out to me and I delivered you from hand their

*JPS 1917:* The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried unto Me, and I saved you out of their hand.

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