H0525 H0525
Master craftsman, architect, artisan; skilled worker or designer, as Wisdom personified in Proverbs 8:30
This term describes a skilled artisan or master craftsman with firm, reliable workmanship. In Proverbs 8:30, Wisdom speaks of being at God's side as an 'amon'—interpreted as either 'master craftsman/architect' (participating in creation) or 'nursling/beloved child' (delighting the Creator). The former view sees Wisdom as God's co-worker in creation, the latter as God's cherished companion. Both images emphasize Wisdom's intimate presence with God before creation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — In Proverbs 8:30, personified Wisdom declares 'I was beside him as an amon.' The ancient versions and modern interpreters divide between 'master workman' (suggesting Wisdom's role in creation's design) and 'beloved child' (emphasizing intimate relationship). Spanish 'arquitecto' and the traditional 'master craftsman' support the former. This ambiguity enriches the portrait of Wisdom as both agent and object of divine delight. 1×
AR["صَانِعَةً"]·ben["কারিগর"]·DE["[אמון]"]·EN["a-master-craftsman"]·FR["אמון"]·heb["אמון"]·HI["कारीगर"]·ID["ahli"]·IT["un-padrone-craftsman"]·jav["tukang"]·KO["장인-으로"]·PT["mestre-de-obras"]·RU["мастером,"]·ES["arquitecto"]·SW["fundi"]·TR["usta"]·urd["ماہر-کاریگر"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. אָמוֹן n.m. artificer, architect, master-workman, as firm and sure in his workmanship: וָאֶהְיֶה אֶצְלוֹ אָמוֹן I was at his side architect, master-workman (𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Ges Ew De MV RV, > foster-son AE Ki AV) Pr 8:30; יֶתֶר הָֽאָמוֹן rest of the master-workmen Je 52:15 (Hi Gf De RVm, but rest of the multitude Ges MV RV et al., אמון = המון)—1. אָמוֹן v. supr. p. 51.