אֲמָנָהʼĂmânâh
Amanah, a mountain near Damascus
Pronunciation: am-aw-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H549
Meanings
1. a river (Isaiah 33:16; 2 Kings 5:12)
2. the region from which it flows (Song of Solomon 4:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 5:12 Aren’t the rivers of Damascus, the Abana and the Pharpar, better than any of the rivers of Israel? Why shouldn’t I wash in them and be healed?” So Naaman turned and went away in a rage.
- Song of Solomon 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Come down from Mount Amana, from the peaks of Senir and Hermon, where the lions have their dens and leopards live among the hills.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).