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Strong's #3976 - מֹאזְנַיִם
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1152) nz (זנ ZN) AC: Harvest CO: Mattock AB: ?: The pictograph z is a picture of an agricultural cutting implement such as the mattock or hoe. The n is a picture of a seed. Combined these mean "mattock of the seed". One of the many agricultural tools was a hoe or mattock. This implement had a wide blade for cutting a plant stalks at the roots. The crops were harvested for a supply of foods, which were stored in jars.
A) nz (זנ ZN) AC: ? CO: Harvest AB: ?
Nm ) nz (זנ ZN) - Kind: A species of plant or animal. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (7): kind, diverse kinds, all manners of store - Strongs: H2177 (זַן), H2178 (זַן)
B) nnz (זננ ZNN) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Whoredom: In the sense of being spread broad.
dm) nfnz (זנונ ZNWN) - Whoredom: KJV (12): whoredom - Strongs: H2183 (זְנוּנִים)
C) nza (אזנ AZN) AC: Hear CO: Ear AB: Balance: The broad ear for picking up sounds.
V) nza (אזנ AZN) - H (vf: Hiphil, Piel) |kjv: give ear, hearken, hear, gave good heed - Strongs: H238 (אָזַן), H239 (אָזַן)
Nm ) nza (אזנ AZN) - Weapon: A broad sharp blade like a mattock. KJV (1): weapon - Strongs: H240 (אָזֵן)
gf) nzfa (אוזנ AWZN) - KJV (187): ear, audience, hearing - Strongs: H241 (אֹזֶן)
agm ) nzafm (מואזנ MWAZN) - Balance: A pair of scales used for weighing. From the ear as the place where balance is determined. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (16): balances - Strongs: H3976 (מֹאזְנַיִם), H3977 (מֹאזְנֵא)
H) enz (זנה ZNH) AC: ? CO: Whore AB: Whoredom: In the sense of being spread broad.
V) enz (זנה ZNH) - Whore: KJV (93): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Pual) harlot, go whoring, whoredom, whore, commit fornication, whorish - Strongs: H2181 (זָנָה)
Nf3) tfnz (זנות ZNWT) - Whoredom: KJV (9): whoredom - Strongs: H2184 (זְנוּת)
if3) tfnzt (תזנות TZNWT) - Whoredom: KJV (20): whoredom, fornication - Strongs: H8457 (תַּזְנֻת)
J) nfz (זונ ZWN) AC: Feed CO: Food AB: ?: Food harvested from the crops or flock.
V) nfz (זונ ZWN) - Feed: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (2): (vf: Hophal) fed - Strongs: H2109 (זוּן), H2110 (זוּן)
Nf) nfz (זונ ZWN) - Flesh: KJV (1): armour - Strongs: H2185 (זֹנָה)
am) nfzm (מזונ MZWN) - Meat: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (4): meat, victuals - Strongs: H4202 (מָזוֹן), H4203 (מָזוֹן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
, Aramaic (Nasar.) 
) — מאֹזְנַיִם (נָֿ֑יִם) Isaiah 40:15 4t.; construct מאֹזְנֵי Leviticus 19:36 9t. — balances, for weighing money Jeremiah 32:10 ׳וָאֶשְׁקֹל הַכֶּסֶף בְּמ; hair Ezekiel 5:1 (מִשְׁקָל׳מ); ׳שַׁחַק מ) Isaiah 40:15 dust of bal., simile of insignificance of nations before ׳י; figurative, calamity Job 6:2; men Psalm 62:10; hills Isaiah 40:12 (שָׁקַל בַּמֶּלֶס׳הָרִים וּגְבָעוֺת בְּמ); צֶדֶק׳א Leviticus 19:36 ("" ׳אַבְנֵיצֿ, ׳אֵיפַת צ, ׳הִין צ), Ezekiel 45:10 ("" ׳אֵיפַתצֿ, ׳בַּתצֿ) compare Proverbs 16:11 (מִשְׁמָּט׳מֶּלֶס וּמ); figurative Job 31:6 ׳יִשְׁקְלֵנִי בְּמצֶדֶק; opposed to מִרְמָה׳מ Proverbs 11:1 ("" אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה); Proverbs 20:23 ("" אֶבֶן וָאָ֑בֶן) Amos 8:5 ("" לְהַקְטִין אֵיפָה וּלְהַגְדִּיל שֶׁקֶל) Hosea 12:8; רֶשַׁע׳מ Micah 6:11 ("" אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה).
