H4996 H4996
No (Thebes), the great Egyptian city on the Nile, seat of the god Amun
No is the Hebrew designation for Thebes, the magnificent capital of Upper Egypt situated on the Nile some 400 miles south of the Delta. Nahum 3:8 calls it No-Amon ('No of Amun'), linking the city to its patron deity, and challenges Nineveh by comparing its coming fall to Thebes' destruction. Jeremiah 46:25 announces divine judgment on 'Amon of No,' while Ezekiel 30:14-16 lists No alongside other Egyptian strongholds destined for devastation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Proper noun for Thebes (Egyptian nt), the great city of Upper Egypt and cult center of the god Amun. All five occurrences appear in prophetic judgment oracles against Egypt. Nahum 3:8 uses the full form No-Amon to compare Nineveh's impending doom to Thebes' historical fall. Ezekiel 30:14-16 lists it among Egyptian cities facing destruction alongside Pathros, Zoan, and Sin. The consistent prepositional usage in French and German glosses ('[בנא],' '[מנא]') reflects its appearance with the prepositions be- and min- in the Hebrew text. 5×
AR["فِي-نُو-أَمُونَ", "مِنْ-نُو", "مِنْ-نُوءَ", "نُو-أَمُونَ", "وَنُو-أَمُونُ"]·ben["আর-নো", "থেকে-নো-", "নোতে।", "নোর-থেকে", "নোর।"]·DE["[בנא]", "[מנא]", "doch", "und-doch", "von-doch"]·EN["No", "and-No", "in-No", "of-No", "than-No-"]·FR["Noa", "[בנא]", "[מנא]", "donc", "et-donc"]·heb["ב-נוא", "ו-נוא", "מ-נו-", "מ-נוא", "נוא"]·HI["और-नो", "नो-की", "नो-से", "में-नो", "से-नो"]·ID["No.", "atas-No.", "dan-No", "dari-No", "dari-No-"]·IT["[בנא]", "[מנא]", "dunque", "e-dunque", "mene"]·jav["No", "ing-No", "lan-No", "saking-No", "tinimbang-Nó"]·KO["그리고-노가", "노에서", "노에서-", "노의", "보다-노-아몬"]·PT["No", "de-No", "do-que-No", "e-No", "em-No"]·RU["Но", "и-Но", "из-Но", "над-Но", "чем-Но"]·ES["No", "de-No", "en-No", "que-No", "y-No"]·SW["No", "No-", "katika-No", "na-No", "wa-No"]·TR["-den-No", "-den-No'dan", "No'da", "No'nun", "ve-No"]·urd["اور-نو", "بَ-نو", "نو-آمون-سے", "نو-سے", "نو-کی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† נֹא n.pr.loc. No = Thebes (Egyptian nt, city, i.e. prob. nē(t), v. SteindBAS i. 596 f.; Assyrian Ni-ʾu, Ni-iʾ DlPar 318 Steind l.c. SchrCOT gloss.; Tel Am. Nî (Ni-i) WklTel Am. 39 BezTel Am. in BM 153);—הִנְנִי פוֹקֵד אֶל־אָמוֹן מִנֹּא Je 46:25 Amon from (of, 𝔊 ἐν = בְּ) No; נֹא אָמוֹן Na 3:8 No of Amon (= city of god Ammon, = 𝔊 Διόσπολις Ez 30:14, 16 Steind l.c.; v. also Jerem. and…