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תְּאֵנָה

«תְּאֵנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: fig-tree — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 39 times · Key: 8384 · BDB: תְּאֵנָה

Glosses

figs (8); fig.tree (6); tree (6)

Meaning (OSHB)

fig-tree tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. fig-tree fig tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. fig-tree, (then) fig (√ dub.; Arabic تِينٌ,, Aramaic תִּינְתָא, ܬܻܐܬܳܐ; perhaps Pun. תין (v. Lzb385; i.e. תְּיֵן Eut, v. DHMVOJ i. 26), Assyrian tittu, a tree; LagM i. 58ff. combines ת׳ (precariously) with √ (III) אנה meet opportunely, with ref. to fructifying of fig by another tree, cf. HomAufsätze u. Abh. i (1892), 100);—abs. ת׳ Ju 9:10 +; sf. תְּאֵנָתוֹ 1 K 5:5 +, etc.; pl. תְּאֵנִים Nu 13:23 +; cstr. תְּאֵנֵי Je 24:2; sf. תְּאֵנֵיכֶם Am 4:9;— fig-tree (ficus carica PostFlora 730; Hast. DB, s. v. TrNHB 350 M’Lean-Th-Dyer Ency. Bib., s. v.; cf. Löw§ 335; often + גֶּפֶן): Ju 9:10, 11 (in allegory), Am 4:9; Ho 9:10; Na 3:12; 1 K 5:5 2 K 18:31 = Is 36:16; Mi 4:4; Is 34:4; Pr 27:18; עֲלֵה ת׳ Gn 3:7 (J) fig-leaves, הַתּ׳ חָֽנְטָה פַגֶּיהָ Ct 2:13; coll. Nu 20:5 (JE), Ho 2:14; Je 5:17; 8:13; Dt 8:8; Hb 3:17; Hg 2:19; Zc 3:10; Jo 1:7, 12; 2:22 ψ 105:33. fig, always pl.: Nu 13:23 (JE), Je 24:1, 2(×2), 3(×2), 5, 8; 29:17 (all symbolic of Judæans), Je 8:13 (אֵין תּ׳ בַּתְּאֵנָה), Ne 13:15; as medicament, דְּבֶלֶת ת׳ 2 K 20:7 = Is 38:21; תְּאֵנֵי הַבַּכֻּרוֹת Je 24:2 the figs of early ripeness (cf. Du).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «תְּאֵנָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 27:18

נֹצֵ֣ר תְּ֭אֵנָה יֹאכַ֣ל פִּרְיָ֑הּ וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣יו יְכֻבָּֽד׃

Word for word: [one.who].keeps a.fig.tree he.will.eat fruit its and [one.who].protects master(s) his he.will.be.honored

JPS 1917: Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

Judges 9:10

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ הָעֵצִ֖ים לַתְּאֵנָ֑ה לְכִי־אַ֖תְּ מָלְכִ֥י עָלֵֽינוּ׃

Word for word: and they.said the trees to the.fig tree come you reign over us

JPS 1917: And the trees said to the fig-tree: Come thou, and reign over us.

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