1. ship, fleet of ships — A feminine noun denoting a ship or fleet of ships, used in both singular and collective senses. In the construct form אֳנִי (1 Kgs 9:26; 10:11, 22), it functions as a collective noun meaning 'fleet of' (ships of Tarshish, ships of Hiram), as reflected in the consistent multilingual glosses: Arabic أُسْطُول (fleet), German/English/French 'fleet', Korean 배들 (ships), Spanish 'flota'. The absolute form with waw-conjunction (1 Kgs 9:26, וָאֳנִי) and with preposition beth (1 Kgs 9:27, בָּאֳנִי) continue this same fleet/ship reference in the Solomon-Hiram naval narrative. The occurrence in Isaiah 33:21 (אֳנִי־, rendered 'with oars' / 'boat' / Arabic سَفِينَة) refers to a galley or oared vessel as part of the prophetic imagery. All occurrences share the core semantic domain of maritime vessels, with the variation between 'fleet' and individual 'ship' reflecting syntactic context rather than a genuine lexicographic split. 7×
AR["أُسْطُولُ","أُسْطُولِ","بِـ-الـ-سُّفُنِ","سَفِينَةُ","وَ-سُفُنًا"]·ben["-জাহাজে","এবং-জাহাজ","জাহাজ","নৌকা-"]·DE["fleet-von","ich","in-der-fleet","und-fleet"]·EN["and-fleet","fleet-of","in-the-fleet","with-oars"]·FR["dans-le-fleet","et-fleet","fleet-de","je"]·heb["אֳנִי","אוניית","בָּ-אֳנִי","וָ-אֳנִי"]·HI["और-जहाज","जहाज","जहाज-में","जहाजों-के","नाव-"]·ID["armada-kapal","dan-armada-kapal","dengan-armada-kapal","perahu"]·IT["e-flotta","flotta-di","in-il-flotta","io"]·jav["ing-kapal","kapal","kapal-","lan-kapal"]·KO["-에-배에","그리고-배를","배-","배들"]·PT["E-navios","navio-de","navio-de-","nos-navios"]·RU["и-корабли","корабли","корабль-","кораблями","на-кораблях"]·ES["Y-flota","barco-de","en-la-flota","flota-de"]·SW["katika-meli","mashua-","meli-za","na-meli"]·TR["gemileri","gemilerle","gemisi-","ve-gemiler"]·urd["اور-بیڑا","بیڑے-میں","جہاز","کشتی"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֳנִיָּה n.f. unit. a ship—abs. Jon 1:3 + 3 times; Pl. abs. אֳנִיּוֹת Dt 28:68 +; אֳונִ֯יּוֹת 2 Ch 8:18; cstr. = abs. 1 K 22:49 +, etc.;—a ship Pr 30:19 Gn 49:13 Dt 28:68 Ju 5:17 (where, however, cf. BuBB Richter u. Sam. p. 16 on text) 1 K 22:49, 50 Is 43:14 2 Ch 8:18; 20:36, 37; Jon 1:4, 5 ψ 104:26; 107:23 Dn 11:40; א׳ הַיָּם Ez 27:9; propelled by oars Ez 27:29; especially א׳ תַּרְשִׁישׁ (cf.…