אֲשִׁישָׁה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H809
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
raisin-cake tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
אֲשִׁישָׁה: n.f. raisin-cake tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. (pressed) raisin-cake—א׳ 2 S 6:19 1 Ch 16:3 distributed, with other viands, to people, especially as stimulating, pl. אֲשִׁישׁוֹת Ct 2:5; more explicitly אֲשִׁישֵׁי עֲנָבִים Ho 3:1 used in sacrificial feasts (cf. RSOTJC Lect. xi. n. 7); אֲשִׁישֵׁי קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת Is 16:7, i.e. the raisin-cakes which were an article of trade at Qir-ḥareseth (taken by Thes al. = foundations, i.e. foundations exposed by ruin, from [אָשִׁישׁ] with such a meaning).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a raisin-cake (2); (of) cakes (1); raisin-cakes (1).
In the verses
סַמְּכ֙וּנִי֙ בָּֽאֲשִׁישׁ֔וֹת רַפְּד֖וּנִי בַּתַּפּוּחִ֑ים כִּי־חוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי׃
Word for word: sustain me with (the) raisin-cakes refresh me with (the) apples (dm) [am].weak of.love I
JPS 1917: 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.'
וַיְחַלֵּק֙ לְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּׁ֑ה לְאִישׁ֙ כִּכַּר־לֶ֔חֶם וְאֶשְׁפָּ֖ר וַאֲשִׁישָֽׁה׃
Word for word: and he.distributed to every (the).person of.Israel from man and unto woman to each a.round.loaf of.bread and a.date-cake and a.raisin-cake
JPS 1917: And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a cake made in a pan, and a sweet cake.
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