H0591 H0591
ship, fleet, seagoing vessel — a large watercraft for maritime trade, warfare, or transport
Oniyyah (plural oniyyot) designates a seagoing ship, appearing 32 times across the Hebrew Bible. The word captures Israel's uneasy relationship with the sea: Jacob's blessing notes that Zebulun shall dwell by the shore of ships (Gen 49:13), but Israel was never a seafaring power in its own right. Solomon's fleet at Ezion-geber, built in partnership with Hiram of Tyre, brought gold from Ophir (1 Kgs 9:26-28; 10:22), and when Jehoshaphat tried to replicate the venture, his ships were wrecked (1 Kgs 22:48). The prophetic tradition uses ships as symbols of human pride brought low — Isaiah's oracle against 'all the ships of Tarshish' (Isa 2:16) and Ezekiel's ship-allegory for Tyre (Ezek 27:9, 25-29). Jonah boards an oniyyah at Joppa to flee from YHWH (Jon 1:3-5). Note that the BDB excerpt shown in the prompt corresponds to a different homograph (anah III, 'to meet'); the actual noun oniyyah derives from a separate root.
Senses
1. ship, seagoing vessel — A seagoing vessel used for trade, military expeditions, or transport. Covers Solomon's Ophir fleet (1 Kgs 9:26-28; 10:22), Jehoshaphat's wrecked ships (1 Kgs 22:48), and Jonah's flight vessel (Jon 1:3-5). Prophetic imagery deploys ships as emblems of commercial pride and vulnerability — Isaiah's 'ships of Tarshish' (Isa 2:16; 23:1, 14) and Ezekiel's allegory for Tyre (Ezek 27:9, 25-29). Deuteronomy 28:68 threatens return to Egypt 'in ships' as covenant curse. 32×
AR["السُّفُنُ","السُّفُنِ","بِ-السُّفُنِ","سُفُن","سُفُناً","سُفُنًا","سُفُنٍ","سُفُنَ","سُفُنُ","سُفُنِ","في-السُّفُنِ","في-سُفُن","يَا-سُفُنَ"]·ben["জাহাজ","জাহাজগুলি","জাহাজগুলো","জাহাজসকল","জাহাজে","জাহাজের","নৌকা","নৌকাগুলি"]·DE["Schiff","Schiffe","der-Schiffe","in-der-ships","in-ships","ships","ships-von"]·EN["in-ships","in-the-ships","ships","ships-of","ships-of-","the-ships-of"]·FR["dans-le-ships","dans-navire","dans-ships","navire","navires","ships","ships-de"]·heb["(אניות)","אֳנִיּוֹת","אוניות","אניות","ב-אוניות","ב-אניות","ב-ה-אוניות"]·HI["जहाज","जहाज-","जहाज़","जहाज़ों","जहाज़ों-को","जहाज़ों-में","जहाजों-के","जहाजोंको"]·ID["Kapal-kapal-","dengan-kapal-kapal","kapal-kapal","kapal-kapal-","pelayar"]·IT["in-il-navi","in-ships","nave","navi","navi-di","ships"]·jav["Baita-baita","baita-baita","ing-ngriku","ing-prau-prau","kapal","kapal-kapal","mawi-kapal","prau-prau"]·KO["배-들-이","배들-로","배들-에","배들-에서","배들-을","배들-의","배들-이","배들을","배들의","배들이","배들이-","배들이여","배의"]·PT["Navios-de","em-navios","navios","navios-de","nos-navios","os-navios"]·RU["а-корабли","кораблей","корабли","на-кораблях"]·ES["Las-naves-de","barcos","en-las-naves","en-naves","las-naves","las-naves-de","naves","naves-de"]·SW["Meli-za","katika-meli","kwa-meli","meli","meli-hizo","meli-za","meli-zile","ya-meli"]·TR["(gemiler)","gemiler","gemilerde","gemileri","gemilerin","gemilerini","gemilerinin","gemilerle"]·urd["(جہاز)","جہاز","جہاز-","جہازو","جہازوں","جہازوں-میں","جہازوں-کو","جہازوں-کے"]
Gen 49:13, Deut 28:68, Judg 5:17, 1 Kgs 9:27, 1 Kgs 22:48, 1 Kgs 22:48, 1 Kgs 22:49, 2 Chr 8:18, 2 Chr 8:18, 2 Chr 9:21, 2 Chr 9:21, 2 Chr 20:36 (+20 more)
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
† III. [אָנָה] vb. be opportune, meet, encounter opportunely (Arabic أَنَى the right time is come, or it is come to the right time, or to maturity, or is opportune). Pi. Pf. אִנָּה Ex 21:13 cause (or allow) to meet in הָאֱלֹהִים א׳ לְיָדוֹ (obj. om.) i.e. without any purpose of the man to whom sf. ref. Pu. be allowed to meet, be sent, Impf. יְאֻנֶּה Pr 12:21 (c. ל); 3 fs. תְּאֻנֶּה ψ 91:10 (c. אֶל), subj. evil. Hithp. cause oneself to meet, seek occasion (= seek a quarrel with) sq. ל 2 K 5:7.