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ʾāmōn אָמוֹן ‘Amon’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of Egyptian origin

ʾāmōn pr n m title
Amon or Amun = "to nourish: to be faithful"
1) an Egyptian god, originally the local god of Thebes, later head of the Egyptian pantheon

Mentioned in Nahum 3:8

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