עוון
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈvon/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕɑˈwon/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɔˈvɔjn/
Noun
עָווֹן / עָוֺן • (avón) m (plural indefinite עוונות / עָוֺנוֹת, singular construct עוון־ / עֲוֺן־)
- iniquity
- Tanach, Lamentations 4:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיִּגְדַּל עֲוֺן בַּת־עַמִּי מֵחַטַּאת סְדֹם הַהֲפוּכָה כְמוֹ־רָגַע וְלֹא־חָלוּ בָהּ יָדָיִם׃
- Va-yigdál avón bat 'ammí me-ḥataat S'dom, ha-hafukháh kh'mo rága v-lo ḥálu vah yadáyim.
- For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands fell upon her.
- (Jewish law) an intentional sin, done for the purpose of pleasure.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Menachot 109:a:
- אמר רב ששת מנא אמינא לה דכתיב והיו לבית ישראל למכשול עון... ומכשול שוגג ועון מזיד
- Said Rav Sheshet, From where do I say that? As it is written, "And they became a stumbling block of iniquity unto the house of Israel."... And "stumbling block" refers to unintentionally, and "iniquity" refers to intentionality.
- (law) misdemeanor
Declension
Declension of עָווֹן
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | עָווֹן | first | עֲווֹנִי | עֲווֹנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָעָווֹן | second | עֲווֹנְךָ | עֲווֹנֵךְ | עֲווֹנְכֶם | עֲווֹנְכֶן | |
| construct | עֲווֹן־ | third | עֲווֹנוֹ | עֲווֹנָהּ | עֲווֹנָם | עֲווֹנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | עֲווֹנוֹת | first | עוונותיי / עֲווֹנוֹתַי | עֲווֹנוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָעֲווֹנוֹת | second | עֲווֹנוֹתֶיךָ | עוונותייך / עֲווֹנוֹתַיִךְ | עֲווֹנוֹתֵיכֶם | עֲווֹנוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | עֲווֹנוֹת־ | third | עֲווֹנוֹתָיו | עֲווֹנוֹתֶיהָ | עֲווֹנוֹתָם | עֲווֹנוֹתָן | |
References
- H5771 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “עוון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- עוון on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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