אָ֫וֶן85 H0206
Aven (place name: 'wickedness' or 'trouble'), referring to false worship centers
A derogatory name applied to false worship sites, playing on the word for 'wickedness' or 'trouble.' Ezekiel 30:17 uses it for On (Heliopolis), Egypt's center of sun worship. Amos 1:5 refers to the 'Valley of Aven,' likely the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon where idolatrous shrines stood. Both prophets employ wordplay: instead of using the actual place names, they substitute 'Aven' to emphasize the locations' moral corruption and coming judgment. It's prophetic mockery—calling cult centers by their true character.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Prophets weaponized 'aven' (trouble/wickedness) as a substitute name for idolatrous sites. Ezekiel targets On (Heliopolis), Egypt's prestigious sun-cult center, renaming it 'Aven' to signal its doom alongside Tehaphnehes. Amos condemns Damascus and its sphere, including the 'Valley of Aven'—probably Baalbek's Beqaa Valley with its long pagan history. The name-substitution functions as prophetic satire: these places proud of their religious significance are actually centers of 'aven,' destined for destruction. The Hebrew pun exposes false worship's reality beneath its impressive facade. 2×
AR["آوَنَ", "آوِنَ"]·ben["আবনের", "আবেনের"]·DE["Unheil", "[און]"]·EN["Aven"]·FR["force"]·heb["אָוֶן", "אוון"]·HI["आवेन-की", "आवेन-के"]·ID["Awen"]·IT["[און]"]·jav["Awèn"]·KO["아웬의"]·PT["Aven", "On"]·RU["Авена"]·ES["Avén"]·SW["Aveni", "Oni"]·TR["Aven'in"]·urd["آون", "آوِن"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
אָ֫וֶן85 n.m. Jb 5:6 trouble, sorrow, wickedness—abs. Nu 23:21 +; sf. אוֹנִי Gn 35:18 etc.; pl. אוֹנִים Ho 9:4— 1. trouble, sorrow בֶּן־אוֹנִי son of my trouble or sorrow Gn 35:18 (E); לֹא הִבִּיט אָוֶן בְּיַעֲקֹב Nu 23:21 (song of Balaam), he doth not behold trouble in Jacob (‖ he doth not see mischief— עָמָל—in Isr.); often ‖ עָמָל, ψ 7:15 (הִנֵּה יְחַבֶּל־אָוֶן lo he travaileth with trouble ‖…