H8384

תְּאֵנָה

te.e.nahH:N-F

fig

fig, fig tree

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

תְּאֵנָה noun feminine fig-tree, (then) fig (√ dubious; Arabic , Aramaic תֵּינְתָא, ; perhaps Punic תין (see Lzb³⁸⁵; i.e. תְּיֵן Eut, see DHM^{VOJ i. 26}), Assyrian tittu, a tree; Lag^{M i. 58 ff.} combines ׳ת (precariously) with √ (III) אנה meet opportunely, with reference to fructifying of fig by another tree, compare Hom^{Aufsätze u.Abh. i. (1892), 100}); — absolute ׳ת Judg 9:10 +; suffix תְּאֵנָתוֺ 1Kgs 5:5 +, etc.; plural תְּאֵנִים Num 13:23 +; construct תְּאֵנֵי Jer 24:2 suffix תְּאֵנֵיכֶם Amos 4:9 —

1. fig-tree (ficus carica Post^{Flora. 730; Hast. DB, under the word} Tr^NHB.350 M'Lean-Th-Dyer^{Ency. Bib., under the word}; compare Löw^{§ 335}; often + גֶּפֶן): Judg 9:10; Judg 9:11 (in allegory), Amos 4:9; Hos 9:10; Nah 3:12; 1Kgs 5:5; 2Kgs 18:31 = Isa 36:16; Mic 4:4; Isa 34:4; Prov 27:18 ׳עֲלֵה ת Gen 3:7 (J) fig-leaves, חָֽנְטָה פַגֶּיהָ ׳הַתּ Song 2:13 collective Num 20:5 (JE), Hos 2:14; Jer 5:17; Jer 8:13; Deut 8:8; Hab 3:17; Hag 2:19; Zech 3:10; Joel 1:7; Joel 1:12; Joel 2:22; Ps 105:33.

2. fig, always plural: Num 13:23 (JE), Jer 24:1; Jer 24:2 (twice in verse); Jer 24:3 (twice in verse); Jer 24:5; Jer 24:8; Jer 29:17 (all symbolic of Judaeans), Jer 8:13 (בַּתְּאֵנָה ׳אֵין תּ), Neh 8:13 as medicament, ׳דְּבֶלֶת ת 2Kgs 20:7 = Isa 38:21 תְּאֵנֵי הַבַּכֻּרוֺת Jer 24:2 the figs of early ripeness (compare Du).

תַּאֲנִיָּה see [I. אנה]. תְּאֻנִים see I. און.

30 occurrences

Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (2), II Kings (2), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Song of Solomon (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (8), Hosea (1), Joel (3), Amos (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1), Haggai (1)