me.o.nah denotes a dwelling place, including animal dens, human dwellings, and a place spoken of for God.

The attested usage denotes a place of dwelling or shelter: animals lie down in their places, people speak of their dwellings, and Deuteronomy 33:27 speaks of God as a dwelling place. The same term also occurs where a habitation is threatened with being cut off or where lions’ dens are in view.

1. Dwelling place or shelter · dominant

   The term names places where occupants reside or withdraw. In Amos 3:4 the supplied singular construct form occurs in the question about a young lion crying from its den; in Job 37:8 and Psalm 104:22 the APB renders animals entering or lying down in their “habitation(s).” Human dwellings appear in Jeremiah 21:13, while Deuteronomy 33:27 presents God as a dwelling place.

   Amos 3:4Job 37:8Psalm 104:22Jeremiah 21:13Deuteronomy 33:27Song of Songs 4:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB presents the setting with terms such as “den,” “habitation,” “dwellings,” and “dwelling place.” These are verse-level renderings rather than fixed translations of the term.