The corpus record — Hebrew

אֵמֻ֥ן

emuwn · n.[m.]

trusting, faithfulness

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Distribution

Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 5 · 0.16/10k

Senses

1. אֵמֻן

trusting, faithfulness

2. אֵמוּן

established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness

Attestations

אֵמֻ֥ן Deuteronomy 32:20 (BHS)
אֱמֻנִֽים Isaiah 26:2 (BHS)
אֱמוּנִ֣ים Proverbs 13:17 (BHS)
אֱ֭מוּנִים Proverbs 14:5 (BHS)
אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים Proverbs 20:6 (BHS)

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Koehler-Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) scan p. 220; entry #975 Review: Under source audit
Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (Carta 1987) scan p. 59; entry #982 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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Hebrew text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology and lemmatization from the OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) lexicon, public domain.