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# אִנּוּן

Biblical Aramaic

**they** — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

they [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5e0_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אִנּוּן: pr. mpl. they, those [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5e0_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** pr. 3 mpl. they, those (pl. of הוּא: 𝔗 אִינּוּן, f. אִינִּין, e.g. Gn 3:7; 6:2; Syriac ܗܶܢܽܘܢ, ܐܶܢܽܘܢ, f. ܗܶܢܶܝܢ, ܐܶܢܶܝܢ; Talm. אִינְהוֹ, אִינְהֵי (for אִינְהוֹן, אִינְהֵין); Mand. הינון, הינין;—all from הוֹן, הֵן, with demonstr. syll. אן, הן ‘lo,’ prefixed, WCG 98, 106 NöM 86);—they, those, Dn 2:44 מַלְכַיָּא אִנּוּן those kings, 6:25 as accus. רְמוֹ אִנּוּן, 7:17 Kt דִּי אִנּוּן אַרְבַּע (Qr f. אִנִּין) which are four (Dr 1 S 10:19 K§ 87, 3), Ezr 5:4 מָה אִנּוּן שְׁמָהָת … = what are the names …? (Dr§ 201, 3, Obs., K l.c.). cf.הוּא.

### Jastrow 1903

אִנּוּן

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , pl. of אִיהוּ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[are\] they (1); they (1); those (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 5:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.4/#tree)

אֱדַ֥יִן כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־אִנּוּן֙ שְׁמָהָ֣ת גֻּבְרַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־דְנָ֥ה בִנְיָנָ֖א בָּנַֽיִן׃

*Word for word:* then as.follows we.said to them what? \[are\].they the.names of the.men who this the building \[are\].building

*JPS 1917:* 'Then spoke we unto them after this manner, wrote they: What are the names of the men that build this building?'

[Daniel 2:44](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.44/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.44/#tree)

וּֽבְיוֹמֵיה֞וֹן דִּ֧י מַלְכַיָּ֣א אִנּ֗וּן יְקִים֩ אֱלָ֨הּ שְׁמַיָּ֤א מַלְכוּ֙ דִּ֤י לְעָלְמִין֙ לָ֣א תִתְחַבַּ֔ל וּמַ֨לְכוּתָ֔ה לְעַ֥ם אָחֳרָ֖ן לָ֣א תִשְׁתְּבִ֑ק תַּדִּ֤ק וְתָסֵיף֙ כָּל־אִלֵּ֣ין מַלְכְוָתָ֔א וְהִ֖יא תְּק֥וּם לְעָלְמַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and in days their (diy).of the kings those he.will.set.up the.God of the.heavens a.kingdom which forever not it.will.be.destroyed and the kingdom to a.people another not it.will.be.left it.will.shatter and it.will.put.an.end.to all these the kingdoms and it it.will.endure for (the) ever

*JPS 1917:* And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; nor shall the kingdom be left to another people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but it shall stand for ever.

## In Targum Onkelos

Number 54 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 120 times there, in the forms אִנוּן (75); אִנּוּן (25); וְאִנוּן (14); דְאִנוּן (4); וְאִנּוּן (2).

[Genesis 33:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.33.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.33.6/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וּקְרִיבָן לְחֵינָתָא אִנוּן וּבְנֵיהֶן וּסְגִידוּ

וַתִּגַּ֧שְׁןָ הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹת הֵ֥נָּה וְיַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽיןָ׃

*Word for word:* and they.approached the maidservants they and children their and they.bowed.down

*JPS 1917:* Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed down.

[Genesis 44:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.3/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

צַפְרָא נְהָר וְגֻבְרַיָּא אִתְפַּטָּרוּ אִנּוּן וַחֲמָרֵיהוֹן

הַבֹּ֖קֶר א֑וֹר וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים שֻׁלְּח֔וּ הֵ֖מָּה וַחֲמֹרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* the morning it.was.light and the men they.were.sent.off they and donkeys their

*JPS 1917:* As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5e0_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5e0_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).