אָתוֹן
Used: 34 times · Key: 860 · BDB: אָתוֹן
Glosses
donkey (14); she-asses (8); female.donkeys (5)
Meaning (OSHB)
she-ass tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. she-ass she-ass tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. Gn 45:23 she-ass (Arabic أَتَانٌ, Aramaic אַתָּנָא, ܐܰܬܳܢܳܐ, Assyrian atânu)—אָתוֹן Nu 22:23 + 10 times; אֲתֹנְךָ Nu 22:30, 32; אֲתֹנוֹ Gn 49:11 + 2 times; pl. abs. אֲתֹנֹת Gn 12:16 + 2 times; אֲתֹנוֹת Ju 5:10 + 12 times; אֲתוֹנוֹת Jb 1:3; 42:12;—she-ass, as dam Gn 49:11 Zc 9:9; as property (constituting wealth) Gn 12:16; 32:16 Jb 1:3, 14; 42:12 cf. 1 Ch 27:30; so of the asses of Kish 8 times 1 S 9:3(×2), 5, 20; 10:2(×2), 14, 16; as beasts of burden Gn 45:23; for riding Ju 5:10 Nu 22:21, 22 2 K 4:22, 24; of Balaam’s ass 14 times Nu 22:21, 22, 23(×3), 25, 27(×2), 28, 29, 30(×2), 32, 33.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אָתוֹן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
רֹכְבֵי֩ אֲתֹנ֨וֹת צְחֹר֜וֹת יֹשְׁבֵ֧י עַל־מִדִּ֛ין וְהֹלְכֵ֥י עַל־דֶּ֖רֶךְ שִֽׂיחוּ׃
Word for word: O.riders of.female.donkeys tawny O.[you.who].sit on garments and O.walkers on [the].road tell.out
JPS 1917: Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on rich cloths, and ye that walk by the way, tell of it;
וְעַל־הַ֨גְּמַלִּ֔ים אוֹבִ֖יל הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִ֑י וְעַל־הָ֣אֲתֹנ֔וֹת יֶחְדְּיָ֖הוּ הַמֵּרֹנֹתִֽי׃ס
Word for word: and.[was] over the camels Obil the Ishmaelite and.[was] over the she-asses Jehdeiah the Meronothite
JPS 1917: and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite;
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