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# אַרְנוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H769

**Arnon** — used 25 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

Arnon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/769/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַרְנוֹן: n.pr.fl. Arnon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/769/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.fl. Arnon, wady & stream in Moab (MI ארנן, Thes Add Rob Ges MV der. from רנן, i.e. the rushing, roaring stream)—אַרְנוֹן Nu 21:13(×2), 14 + 12 times, אַרְנֹן Nu 21:28 + 10 times—called boundary between Moab & Amorites Nu 21:13 Ju 11:18, 22 cf. גְּבוּל אַרְנֹן Nu 22:36; often נַחַל אַרְנֹן Dt 2:24, 36; 3:8, 12, 16; 4:48; 2 K 10:33; נ׳ אַרְנוֹן Jos 12:1, 2; 13:9, 16; הַנְּחָלִים אַרְנוֹן Nu 21:14; i.e. the stream-ravines that unite to form Arnon, cf. Di: also בַּמוֹת אַרְנֹן heights of Arnon Nu 21:28; מעברות אַרְנוֹן fords of Arnon Is 16:2; elsewhere Nu 21:13, 24, 26; Ju 11:13, 18, 26; syn. of Moab Je 48:20; (cf. TristrMoab 125 f.; mod. Môjib)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Arnon (14); Arnon (8); of \[the\] Arnon (2).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 4:48](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.48/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.48/#tree)

מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַ֧חַל אַרְנֹ֛ן וְעַד־הַ֥ר שִׂיאֹ֖ן ה֥וּא חֶרְמֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* from Aroer which \[is\].on the.edge of.the.wadi of.Arnon and to the.mountain of.Siyon that \[is\].Hermon

*JPS 1917:* from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion — the same is Hermon —

[Isaiah 16:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.16.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.16.2/#tree)

וְהָיָ֥ה כְעוֹף־נוֹדֵ֖ד קֵ֣ן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת לְאַרְנֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be like a.bird fluttering a.nest sent.away they.will.be the.daughters of.Moab \[the\].fords of Arnon

*JPS 1917:* For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/769/): 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).