HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H549
אֲמָנָה
a.ma.nah — Amana
§ Amana = "support" mountainous area of the river's origin
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Amana
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H71
אֲבָנָה
a.va.nah — Abana
A river in Syria flowing through Damascus Also named: a.ma.nah (אֲמָנָה "Amana" H0549H)
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Perennial. (1.) The Hebrew margin of 2 Kings 5:12 gives this as another reading of Abana (q.v.), a stream near Damascus. (2.) A mountain (Cant. 4:8), probably the southern summit of Anti-Libanus, at the base of which are the sources of the Abana.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.