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title: עָנָף — branch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָנָף (6057), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: branch. BDB 1906: branch(es), bough(s). With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָנָף

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«עָנָף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **branch** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 6057 · **BDB:** עָנָף

### Glosses

branch\[es\] (4); branch (1); branches (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

branch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6057/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

branch(es), bough(s) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6057/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] branch(es), bough(s);—usually sg. coll., abs. ע׳ branches of vine Ez 17:8, pl. only sf. עֲנָפֶיהָ ψ 80:11 (both in fig.); boughs of tree, cstr. עֲנַף Lv 23:40, sf. (as if from \*עֶנֶף Köii. 1, 74) עַנְפְּכֶם Ez 36:8; sg. abs. (in fig.) Mal 3:19, of cedar Ez 17:23; 31:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָנָף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6057/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 80:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.80.11/)

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כָּסּ֣וּ הָרִ֣ים צִלָּ֑הּ וַ֝עֲנָפֶ֗יהָ אַֽרְזֵי־אֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* they.were.covered mountains shade its and branches its the.cedars of.God

*JPS 1917:* The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.

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[Ezekiel 36:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.36.8/)

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וְאַתֶּ֞ם הָרֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ עַנְפְּכֶ֣ם תִּתֵּ֔נוּ וּפֶרְיְכֶ֥ם תִּשְׂא֖וּ לְעַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֥י קֵרְב֖וּ לָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* and you O.mountains of.Israel branch\[es\] your you.will.extend and fruit your you.will.bear for people my Israel (dm) they.have.brought.near to come

*JPS 1917:* But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to My people Israel; for they are at hand to come.

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