אָן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H575

where? — used 41 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

where? tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָן: adv. where whither tree →

The whole BDB entry

adv. (contracted from I. אַיִן) where? or whither? 1 S 10:14 (cf. 27:10 𝔖 𝔗, v. sub אַל ad fin.); only besides in †מֵאָן whence? 2 K 5:25 Kt (Qr מֵאַיִן); †עַד־אָן of time to what point? how long? Jb 8:2. With ה locale: אָ֫נָה (a) whither? Gn 16:8; 32:18 2 S 2:1; 13:13 2 K 6:6 ψ 139:7(×2) + 9 textual; in indirect sentence Jos 2:5 Ne 2:16; (b) pregnantly †Ru 2:19 Is 10:3; (c) in the phrase אָ֫נֶה וָאָ֫נָה any whither †1 K 2:36, 42 2 K 5:25; (d) of time, עַד־אָ֫נָה how long? †Ex 16:28 Nu 14:11(×2) (c. לֹא) Jos 18:3 Je 47:6 (sq. לֹא) Hb 1:2 ψ 13:2(×2), 3(×2); 62:4 Jb 18:2; 19:2 (less common than the syn. עַד מָתַי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 25 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: where? (27); when? (14).

In the verses

Ezekiel 21:21 · tree →

הִתְאַחֲדִ֥י הֵימִ֖נִי הָשִׂ֣ימִי הַשְׂמִ֑ילִי אָ֖נָה פָּנַ֥יִךְ מֻעָדֽוֹת׃

Word for word: be.sharp go.to.the.right cause.to.set go.to.the.left where? face [is].your set

JPS 1917: Go thee one way to the right, or direct thyself to the left; whither is thy face set?

Job 8:2 · tree →

עַד־אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

Word for word: until when? will.you.say these.[things] and.[be] a.wind mighty? [will].the.words your.mouth your

JPS 1917: How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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