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תְּאֻן

𐤕𐤀𐤍

tᵉʼun

H8383 noun

SILEX Entry

Root און trouble, sorrow, vanity, calamity, hardship

Definition

Designates trouble, distress, or unfortunate circumstance, especially emphasizing the experience of hardship or toil; in broader contexts, can refer to calamity or mischief, usually with a sense of negative consequence. In rare usage, may be associated with moral wrongdoing or falsehood, though this meaning is less well attested.

Semantic Range

distress, misfortune, calamity, adversity, hardship; rarely, mischief, lying, moral wrongdoing

Root / Etymology

From the Hebrew root און (אָוֶן), which at its root conveys ideas of trouble, labor, iniquity, or sorrow, with a semantic core of futility or hardship. The form תְּאֻן likely functions as a feminine noun pattern indicating a state or circumstance pertaining to the core root meaning. The root אָוֶן itself can shift between neutral senses of 'trouble' and morally charged senses of 'wickedness' or 'iniquity.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

In the Hebrew Bible, תְּאֻן appears very infrequently, most notably in Deuteronomy 26:14 in a formulaic context related to ritual declaration. There its meaning is best understood as 'calamity' or 'misfortune,' referencing adverse events leading to ritual impurity, rather than moral naughtiness or deliberate deceit. English translations (esp. KJV 'naughtiness') sometimes overly moralize the sense; most modern scholars prefer 'misfortune' or 'calamity.' This noun reflects the broader semantic flexibility of און (אָוֶן), which can denote trouble (e.g., Job 4:8), sorrow, or, in later periods, moral evil, but תְּאֻן itself is not regularly used for overtly immoral conduct. The word's rarity confines its attested meaning to specific ritual and hardship contexts rather than a broad ethical concept. Compare with other nouns from און (e.g., אָוֶן), which are used much more widely for moral evil or trouble.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from אָוֶן; naughtiness, i.e. toil; lie.

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Root Family

און (ʾ-w-n) — trouble, sorrow, hardship, calamity, futility

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1007 בֵּית אָוֶן worthless wickedness
H202 אוֹן Strength
H203 אוֹן and On
H205 אָוֶן worthless wickedness
H206 אָוֶן worthless wickedness

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H8383-01 תְּאֻנִ֖ים teunim HNcmpa wearied hardships 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H8383-01 Ezekiel 24:12 תְּאֻנִ֖ים teunim HNcmpa wearied hardships
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