זְמוֹרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2156

branch — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

branch tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זְמוֹרָה: branch, twig, shoot tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[f.] branch, twig, shoot—abs. ז׳ Nu 13:23, הַוּ׳ Ez 8:17; 15:2; cstr. זְמֹרַת Is 17:10; sf. זְמֹרֵיהֶם Na 2:3;—branch of grape-vine Nu 13:23 (JE), Eze 15:2; branch, twig (Co Reissigbündel) used in idolatrous worship הַוּ׳ אֶל־אַפָּם Ez 8:17 (v. Sm and most), but custom obscure (v. Da), and text dub.; זְמֹרַת זָר (cf. Ew§ 287 b) Is 17:10 twigs of a strange one (i.e. of a strange god) fig. of idolatrous cults adopted by Isr.; ז׳ pl. in fig. of Israelites Na 2:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: branch (2); a vine branch (1); their vine (1).

In the verses

Nahum 2:3 · tree →

כִּ֣י שָׁ֤ב יְהוָה֙ אֶת־גְּא֣וֹן יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּגְא֖וֹן יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֤י בְקָקוּם֙ בֹּֽקְקִ֔ים וּזְמֹרֵיהֶ֖ם שִׁחֵֽתוּ׃

Word for word: (dm) he.will.restore Yahweh (et) the.majesty of.Jacob like the.majesty of.Israel (dm) they have.laid.waste.to.them [those.who].lay.waste and their.vine branches they.have.destroyed

JPS 1917: For the LORD restoreth the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine-branches. —

Ezekiel 15:2 · tree →

בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם מַה־יִּֽהְיֶ֥ה עֵץ־הַגֶּ֖פֶן מִכָּל־עֵ֑ץ הַזְּמוֹרָ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה בַּעֲצֵ֥י הַיָּֽעַר׃

Word for word: O.son of.humankind what? is.it the.wood of the.vine more than.any tree the.vine branch which it.is among the.trees of the.forest

JPS 1917: 'Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine branch which grew up among the trees of the forest?

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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