אָן

an · where to?

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H575 · appears 42 times in the Bible

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What it means

an (אָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “where to?”.

Where? To where?; "how long?"

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

A question about the place someone is going to, or about how long something will last.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

Where ×21
How long ×14
anywhere ×2
that ×2
this way ×2
wherever ×1

Where it appears

Genesis 16:8
He said, “Hagar, slave woman of Sarai, where from have you come, and where are you going?” She said, “From the presence of Sarai my mistress I am fleeing.”
Genesis 32:17
He commanded the first, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you, and where are you going, and whose are these ahead of you?’
Genesis 37:30
He returned to his brothers and said, “The child is gone! And I, where am I to go?”
Exodus 16:28
YHWH said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my instructions?
Numbers 14:11
And YHWH said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where are we going up? Our brothers have melted our heart, saying, ‘A people greater and taller than we; cities great and fortified up to the heavens; and also we saw the sons of the Anakim there.’”
Joshua 2:5
When the gate was about to be shut at dark, the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”
Joshua 18:3
And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “How long will you be slack about going in to take possession of the land that YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has given you?
Judges 19:17
And he lifted up his eyes and saw the man, the traveler, in the square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
Ruth 2:19
Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? May the one who took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”
1 Samuel 10:14
And Saul’s uncle said to him and to his young man, “Where did you go?” And he said, “To look for the donkeys; and when we saw that they were nowhere to be found, we went to Samuel.”
2 Samuel 2:1
And it happened after this that David inquired of YHWH, saying, “Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah?” YHWH said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”
2 Samuel 13:13
As for me, where could I carry my reproach? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now then, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
1 Kings 2:36
And the king sent and called Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there this way or that.
1 Kings 2:42
And the king sent and called Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by YHWH, and testify against you, saying, ‘On the day you go out and go this way or that, know for certain that you shall surely die’? And you said to me, ‘The word is good; I have heard it.’
2 Kings 5:25
He came in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “From where are you coming, Gehazi?” He said, “Your servant did not go anywhere.”
2 Kings 6:6
The man of Elohim said, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place, and he cut off a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float.
Nehemiah 2:16
And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; and to the Jews and to the priests and to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of those doing the work until then I had not told it.
Job 8:2
“How long will you say these things, and the sayings of your mouth be a mighty wind?
Job 18:2
“How long will you set hindrances to words? Understand, and afterward we will speak.
Job 19:2
“How long will you grieve my soul, and crush me with words?
Psalms 13:1
For the director. A psalm of David. How long, YHWH? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Psalms 13:2
How long will I put counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart by day? How long will my enemy rise up over me?
Psalms 62:3
How long will you assail a man? Will you murder him, all of you, like a wall leaning, a fence pushed over?
Psalms 139:7
Where shall I go from your spirit, and where from your face shall I flee?
Song of Songs 6:1
Where has your beloved gone, beautiful one among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
Isaiah 10:3
And what will you do on the day of visitation, and in the storm that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
Jeremiah 15:2
And it will be, when they say to you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ that you will say to them: Thus says YHWH: ‘Those who are for death, to death; and those who are for the sword, to the sword; and those who are for famine, to famine; and those who are for captivity, to captivity.’
Jeremiah 47:6
Ah, sword of YHWH! How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; rest and be still!
Ezekiel 21:16
Unite yourself, go right; set yourself, go left; wherever your face is directed.
Habakkuk 1:2
How long, YHWH, will I cry for help and you will not listen? I cry out to you, “Violence,” and you do not save.
Zechariah 2:2
And I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how much its width is and how much its length.”
Zechariah 5:10
And I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?”

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