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title: עָסִיס — sweet wine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָסִיס (6071), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: sweet wine. BDB 1906: n.m. sweet wine. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָסִיס

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«עָסִיס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sweet wine** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6071 · **BDB:** עָסִיס

### Glosses

sweet.wine (3); of.the.juice (1); wine (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sweet wine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6071/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sweet wine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6071/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jo 1:5 sweet wine (proposes pressed out juice);—abs. ע׳ Am 9:13 (v. Dr and reff.), Jo 1:5; 4:18; in sim. Is 49:26; cstr. עֲסִיס רִמֹּנִי Ct 8:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָסִיס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6071/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.5/)

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הָקִ֤יצוּ שִׁכּוֹרִים֙ וּבְכ֔וּ וְהֵילִ֖לוּ כָּל־שֹׁ֣תֵי יָ֑יִן עַל־עָסִ֕יס כִּ֥י נִכְרַ֖ת מִפִּיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* awake O.drunkards and weep and wail O.all \[you.who\].drink (of).wine on sweet.wine (dm) it.has.been.cut.off from mouth your

*JPS 1917:* Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

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[Song of Songs 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.2/)

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אֶנְהָֽגֲךָ֗ אֲבִֽיאֲךָ֛ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית אִמִּ֖י תְּלַמְּדֵ֑נִי אַשְׁקְךָ֙ מִיַּ֣יִן הָרֶ֔קַח מֵעֲסִ֖יס רִמֹּנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* I will.lead.you I will.bring.you to the.house my.mother my \[who\].she taught.me I will.give.you.to.drink some of.(the).wine of.(the) spice some of.the.juice my.pomegranate my

*JPS 1917:* I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, that thou mightest instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

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