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# אֱמוּן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H529

**faithfulness** — used 5 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

faithfulness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/529/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֵמֻן: trusting, faithfulness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/529/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] trusting, faithfulness (on format. cf. Ges§ 84 a R. 12). בָּנִים לֹא אֵמֻן בָּם children in whom there is no trusting Dt 32:20 (poet.) אֱמוּנִים pl. abst. faithfulness; צִיר א׳ messenger of faithfulness, trusty messenger Pr 13:17; עֵד א׳ faithful witness Pr 14:5; cf. אִישׁ א׳ Pr 20:6; שֹׁמֵר א׳ keeping faithfulness Is 26:2; perhaps also ψ 31:24 נצר א׳ v. I. \[אָמַן\].

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of faithfulness(es) (3); faithfulness (1); faithfulness(es) (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 26:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.2/#tree)

פִּתְח֖וּ שְׁעָרִ֑ים וְיָבֹ֥א גוֹי־צַדִּ֖יק שֹׁמֵ֥ר אֱמֻנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* open \[the\].gates so that.it.may.enter a.nation righteous \[which\].keeps faithfulness(es)

*JPS 1917:* Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation that keepeth faithfulness may enter in.

[Proverbs 13:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.17/#tree)

מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* a.messenger wicked he.falls in trouble and an.envoy of.faithfulness(es) \[is\].healing

*JPS 1917:* A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/529.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/529/): 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).