--- title: גֶּפֶן — vine · The Tanakh dictionary description: גֶּפֶן (1612), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 55 times: vine. BDB 1906: n.f. vine. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1612.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490-3.md)‎ / גֶּפֶן‎ # גֶּפֶן «גֶּפֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **vine** — 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:** 55 times · **Key:** 1612 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫פֶן ### Glosses vine (30); vine\[s\] (7); the.vine (6) ### Meaning (OSHB) vine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1612/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. vine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1612/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Ju 9:13 + (m. only Ho 10:1, perhaps infl. of יִשְׂרָאֵל, 2 K 4:39) vine (NH id., Arabic جَفْنٌ (Yemen), Assyrian gapnu, cf. ZehnpfundBAS i. 633; Aramaic גּוֹפַן, גֶּפֶן, ܓܦܶܬܳܐ, pl. ܓܘܽܦ̈ܢܶܐ )—ג׳ Gn 40:9 + 38 times (also cstr., as Nu 6:4 Dt 32:32 Is 16:8, 9), גָּ֑פֶן Ju 9:12 + 2 times; sf. גַּפְנִי Jo 1:7, גַּפְנְךָ Je 5:17, גַּפְנוֹ 1 K 5:5 + 3 times, גַּפְנָהּ Ho 2:14, גַּפְנָם Dt 32:32 + 2 times; pl. גְּפָנִים Ct 2:13 Hb 3:17—vine (always grape-bearing except 2 K 4:39) Gn 40:9, 10 (in dream) 49:11 Nu 20:5 Dt 8:8 Ju 9:12, 13 (in allegory) 1 K 5:5 2 K 18:31 = Is 36:16, ψ 78:47; 105:33 Ct 2:13; 6:11; 7:13 Is 7:23; 24:7; 32:12 Je 5:17; 8:13 Ho 2:14 Jo 1:7, 12; 2:22 Mi 4:4 Hb 3:17 Hg 2:19 Zc 2:10; 8:12 Mal 3:11; גֶּפֶן שָׂדֶה a vine bearing poisonous gourds 2 K 4:39; גֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן Nu 6:4 (cf. Gn 40:10 Ju 9:13) Ju 13:14; אֶשְׁכְּלוֹת הַגֶּפֶן Ct 7:9; עֵץ הַגֶּפֶן Ez 15:2, 6; in simile of stars fading away at Yahweh’s judgment Is 34:4; in simile of wicked losing early promise Jb 15:33; in simile of wife ψ 128:3; fig. of Israel ψ 80:9, 15 Ez 17:6(×2), 7, 8 Ho 10:1 cf. Ez 19:10, Je 2:21; 6:9; also Ho 14:8; fig. of Israel as easily destroyed Ez 15:2, 6; fig. of godless enemies of Israel Dt 32:32 cf. Di; גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה fig. for prosperity of Moab Is 16:8, 9 Je 48:32.—On the vine in Syria cf. AnderlindZPV 1888, 160 ff. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 52 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «גֶּפֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1612/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Isaiah 24:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.7/) אָבַ֥ל תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלְלָה־גָ֑פֶן נֶאֶנְח֖וּ כָּל־שִׂמְחֵי־לֵֽב׃ *Word for word:* it.has.dried.up new.wine it.has.languished \[the\].vine they.have.groaned all \[the.people\].joyful of.heart *JPS 1917:* The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh. [Psalms 80:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.80.9/) גֶּ֭פֶן מִמִּצְרַ֣יִם תַּסִּ֑יעַ תְּגָרֵ֥שׁ גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם וַתִּטָּעֶֽהָ׃ *Word for word:* a.vine from Egypt you.uprooted you.drove.out nations and you planted.it *JPS 1917:* Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it. - ← previous: [גַּף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5e3.md) - next →: [גֹּפֶר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1613.md) - ↑ back to [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490-3.md)