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title: יוֹנֶקֶת — young shoot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹנֶקֶת (3127), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: young shoot. BDB 1906: n.f. young shoot, twig. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹנֶקֶת

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«יוֹנֶקֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **young shoot** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 3127 · **BDB:** יוֹנֶ֫קֶת

### Glosses

shoot\[s\] (2); shoots (2); its.young (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

young shoot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3127/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. young shoot, twig [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3127/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. young shoot, twig (= foregoing)—יוֹנַקְתּוֹ Jb 8:16 + 2 times; יוֹנְקוֹתָיו Ho 14:7; יֹנְקוֹתָיו Ez 17:22; יוֹנְקוֹתֶיהָ ψ 80:12;—shoot, twig, of tree Jb 14:7; of wicked under fig. of tree Jb 8:16; 15:30; Israel under fig. of olive-tree Ho 14:7, of cedar Ez 17:22, of vine ψ 80:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹנֶקֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3127/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 80:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.80.12/)

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תְּשַׁלַּ֣ח קְצִירֶ֣הָ עַד־יָ֑ם וְאֶל־נָ֝הָ֗ר יֽוֹנְקוֹתֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* it.stretched.out branch\[es\] its to \[the\].sea and to \[the\].river shoots its.young

*JPS 1917:* She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.

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[Job 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.16/)

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רָטֹ֣ב ה֭וּאלִפְנֵי־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְעַ֥ל גַּ֝נָּת֗וֹ יֹֽנַקְתּ֥וֹתֵצֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.fresh.\[plant\] he before \[the\].sun and over garden its shoot\[s\] its.young it.goes.out

*JPS 1917:* He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.

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