גַּן

n.m. Ct 4:12 & (Gn 2:15) f. enclosure, garden (NH id., גַּנָּה, Arabic جَنَّةٌ, Ethiopic ገnነት Assyrian gannu or gannatu word of unc. meaning; Aramaic גִּנָּא, גִּנְתָּא, ܓܰܢܬܳܐ; Ph. פר אגנן אם צץ[צ] CISi, 165, 11 & p. 232 f. birds of enclosure (domestic fowls) or of wing)—abs. גַּן Gn 2:8 + 3 times; cstr. id. Gn 2:15 + 19 times; c. art. הַגָּן Gn 2:9 + 9 times, but כַּגַּן La 2:6; sf. גַּנִּי Ct 4:16; 5:1, גַּנּוֹ Ct 4:16; 6:2; Pl. גַּנִּים Ct 4:15 + 2 times—garden as enclosure La 2:6 (simile); הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים Ct 8:13; cf. Ct 4:12 (fig. of bride גַּן נָעוּל); g. of herbs (יָרָק) Dt 11:10 1 K 21:2; fig. of bride, g. of plants, fruits, and spices Ct 4:16(×2); 5:1; 6:2(×2) cf. מַעְיַן גנים Ct 4:15; g. of (king’s) house 2 K 21:18 = גַּן־עֻזָּא 2 K 21:18, 26; גַּן הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 K 25:4 Je 39:4; 52:7 Ne 3:15, cf. בֵּית הַגָּן 2 K 9:27 (at Jezreel? but this perhaps n.pr.loc. v. sub בית p. 111); most often of garden (orchard?) in Eden (Hex only Gn & only J) Gn 2:8, 9, 10, 16; 3:1, 2, 3, 8(×2), 10, called גַּן־עֵדֶן Gn 2:15; 3:23, 24 Ez 36:35 Jo 2:3, cf. גן־י׳ Gn 13:10 Is 51:3 (both in simile); גן־אלהים Ez 28:13 (עֵדֶן גן־אל׳), 31:8(×2), 9 (‖ עֵדֶן); in last three the trees of the garden are comp. with Assyrian under fig. of cedar of Lebanon.