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# אֲמָנָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H549

**Amana** — used 2 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

Amana [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/549/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲמָנָה²: n.pr.fl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/549/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.fl. a river (constant? cf. Is 33:16) flowing down from Antilebanon into the plain of Damascus 2 K 5:12 (Qr; אֲבָנָה Kt), the Gr. Chrysorrhoas, mod. Arabic Nahr Baradâ. the region from which it flows Ct 4:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[2 Kings 5:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.12/#tree)

הֲלֹ֡א טוֹב֩ אֲמָנָ֨ה וּפַרְפַּ֜ר נַהֲר֣וֹת דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק מִכֹּל֙ מֵימֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֲלֹֽא־אֶרְחַ֥ץ בָּהֶ֖ם וְטָהָ֑רְתִּי וַיִּ֖פֶן וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ בְּחֵמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* ? not good \[are\].Amana and Pharpar the.rivers of.Damascus more than.all the.waters of.Israel ? not will.I.wash in them and I.will.be.clean and he.turned and he.went in a.rage

*JPS 1917:* Are not Amanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?' So he turned, and went away in a rage.

[Song of Songs 4:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.8/#tree)

אִתִּ֤י מִלְּבָנוֹן֙ כַּלָּ֔ה אִתִּ֖י מִלְּבָנ֣וֹן תָּב֑וֹאִי תָּשׁ֣וּרִי ׀ מֵרֹ֣אשׁ אֲמָנָ֗ה מֵרֹ֤אשׁ שְׂנִיר֙ וְחֶרְמ֔וֹן מִמְּעֹנ֣וֹת אֲרָי֔וֹת מֵֽהַרְרֵ֖י נְמֵרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* with me from Lebanon O.bride with me from Lebanon you.will.come you.will.come.down from the.top of.Amana from the.top of.Senir and Hermon from.\[the\] dens of.lions from.\[the\] mountains of.leopards

*JPS 1917:* Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/549/): 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).