מָעוֹן

Biblical Hebrew

Maon — used 6 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

Maon tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָעוֹן³: n.pr. loc. gent. tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Maon (3); of Maon (3).

In the verses

Joshua 15:55 · tree →

מָע֥וֹן ׀ כַּרְמֶ֖ל וָזִ֥יף וְיוּטָּֽה׃

Word for word: Maon Carmel and Ziph and Juttah

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

Judges 10:12 · tree →

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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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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