--- title: פְּרִי — fruit · The Tanakh dictionary description: פְּרִי (6529), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 119 times: fruit. BDB 1906: n.m. fruit. 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/6529.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/) / [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508-3.md)‎ / פְּרִי‎ # פְּרִי «פְּרִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fruit** — 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:** 119 times · **Key:** 6529 · **BDB:** פְּרִי ### Glosses fruit (57); the.fruit (40); of.the.fruit (6) ### Meaning (OSHB) fruit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6529/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. fruit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6529/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ho 14:9 fruit;—abs. פ׳ Ho 9:16 +, פֶּ֑רִי Je 12:12 +; especially cstr. פְּרִי Gn 4:3 +; sf. פִּרְיִי Pr. 8:19, פֶּרְיְךָ Ho 14:9, פִּרְיוֹ Gn 3:6 +, וּפֶרְיְכֶם Ez 36:8, פְּרִיהֶם Am 9:14, פִּרְיָם La 2:20 +, פִּרְיָמוֹ ψ 21:11, פְּרִיהֶן Je 29:28, פִּרְיָן v 5, etc.;— פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה Gn 4:3 (J), fruit of the ground, of produce in gen., so Dt 7:13 + 9 times Dt + 3 times; פ׳ הָאֶרֶץ Nu 13:20, 26, 27 (JE) + 5 times, cf. Ez 25:4; fruit of vineyard 2 K 19:29 = Is 37:30, Zc 8:12 Is 65:21 Ct 8:11, 12, in fig. Ho 10:1(×2) + 5 times +Ez 17:14 (but del. 𝔊 Co al.); especially פ׳ הָעֵץ Gn 3:2, 3, 6 Ex 10:15 (all J) + 21 times, also, in fig., Am 2:9 Ho 9:16 + 4 times + Ez 17:23 (read פֹּארָה branches Co al.); of gardens Am 9:14; Je 29:5, 28, fig. Ct 4:12, 16; עֵץ פְּרִי is fruit-tree Gn 1:11 ψ 148:9, cf. Ec 2:5; אֶרֶץ פְּרִי ψ 107:34; פְּרִי תְּבוּאָה v 37 fruit of (consisting in) a crop; ψ 72:16 is dub.; Che Du interpr. as 2; Bae proposes יִפְרוּ. = off-spring: fruit of womb (בֶּטֶן) Gn 30:2; Dt 7:13 + 9 times, cf. La 2:20 ψ 21:11; of cattle (בְּהֵמָה) Dt 28:4, 11, 51; 30:9; of serpent, fig. of power conquering Philistia Is 14:29. fig. of fruit of actions, i.e. their consequences: good Is 3:10 ψ 58:12; bad Ho 10:13 Pr 1:31 Mi 7:13, of thoughts Je 6:19; of result of removing sin Is 27:9; result of labour (fruit of hands) Pr 31:16, 31; product of works of י׳ ψ 104:13, of wisdom Pr 8:19; פ׳ צְדָקָה Am 6:12, cf. פ׳ צְדִּיק Pr 11:30 (read צֶדֶק 𝔊 Hi Toy); of doings (i.e. course of life, or character) Je 17:10; 21:14; 32:19; פ׳ פִי־אִישׁ i.e. speech Pr 12:14; 13:2; 18:20; fruit of arrogance Is 10:12 is arrogant speech; fruit of tongue Pr 18:21 = consequences of speech. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 61 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «פְּרִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6529/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 127:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.127.3/) הִנֵּ֤ה נַחֲלַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה בָּנִ֑ים שָׂ֝כָ֗ר פְּרִ֣י הַבָּֽטֶן׃ *Word for word:* here! the.inheritance of.Yahweh \[is\].sons \[is\].a.reward the.fruit of the.womb *JPS 1917:* Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward. [Proverbs 11:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.30/) פְּֽרִי־צַ֭דִּיק עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְלֹקֵ֖חַ נְפָשׂ֣וֹתחָכָֽם׃ *Word for word:* \[the\].fruit of.\[the\].righteous \[is\].a.tree of.life and \[one.who\].takes people \[is\].wise *JPS 1917:* The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls. - ← previous: [פֶּרֶט](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6528.md) - next →: [פְּרִידָא](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6514.md) - ↑ back to [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508-3.md)