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title: סְמַדֵר — blossom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְמַדֵר (5563), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: blossom. BDB 1906: n.m. blossom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְמַדֵר

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«סְמַדֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blossom** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5563 · **BDB:** סְמָדֵר

### Glosses

blossom (2); \[are\].blossom (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blossom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5563/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. blossom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5563/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** , also סְמָדַ֔ר֖, סְמָדַ֑ר n.m. Ct 7:13 blossom of grape (just at flowering DuvalREJ xiv (1887), 277–81 NH id.; Aramaic סמדד, ܣܡܳܕܪܳܐ, Mand. סימאדרא NöM. 128);—always abs. ס׳, only Ct: הַגְּפָנִים סְמָדַר֖ 2:13 the vines are (all) blossom; כְּרָמִים סְמָדַ֑ר v 15 (on bold predicate cf. Ges§ 141 d); פִּתַּח הַסְּמָדַר 7:13 the blossom has opened (its buds).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «סְמַדֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5563/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.15/)

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אֶֽחֱזוּ־לָ֙נוּ֙ שֽׁוּעָלִ֔ים שֽׁוּעָלִ֥ים קְטַנִּ֖ים מְחַבְּלִ֣ים כְּרָמִ֑ים וּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּ סְמָדַֽר׃

*Word for word:* seize for us foxes foxes small \[which\].ruin vineyards and vineyards our \[are\].blossom

*JPS 1917:* 'Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.'

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[Song of Songs 2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.13/)

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הַתְּאֵנָה֙ חָֽנְטָ֣ה פַגֶּ֔יהָ וְהַגְּפָנִ֥ים ׀ סְמָדַ֖ר נָ֣תְנוּ רֵ֑יחַ ק֥וּמִי לָ֛ךְ רַעְיָתִ֥י יָפָתִ֖י וּלְכִי־לָֽךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* the.fig tree it.has.ripened figs its.early and the vines blossom they.have.given.forth odor arise (for yourself my.friend my my.beautiful \[one\] and come (for yourself

*JPS 1917:* The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines in blossom give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

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