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title: רִמּוֹן — pomegranate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִמּוֹן (7416), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: pomegranate. BDB 1906: n.m. pomegranate. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִמּוֹן

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«רִמּוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pomegranate** — 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 7416 · **BDB:** רִמּוֹן

### Glosses

pomegranates (18); pomegranate (5); a.pomegranate (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pomegranate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7416/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pomegranate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7416/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 52:23 pomegranate (foreign word of doubtful origin, cf. LöwNo. 310 HomA. u. A. 97 ff.; Aramaic רִימּוֹנָא, רוּמָּנָא, ܪܽܘܡܳܢܳܐ, Mand. רומאנא NöM. 123; Arabic رُمَّانٌ (Aramaic loan-word, Frä 142), Ethiopic ሮማን: );—abs. ר׳ 1 S 14:2 +, רִמֹּן Ex 39:26, 26; sf. רִמֹּנִי Ct 8:2; pl. רִמּוֹנִים 1 K 7:20 +, etc.;—pomegranate: tree 1 S 14:2, often + גֶּפֶן, תְּאֵנָה, etc., Nu 20:5 (JE), Dt 8:8; Hg 2:19; Jo 1:12; Ct 4:13; 6:11; 7:13. fruit Nu 13:23 (JE; + עֲנָבִים, תְּאֵנִים); עֲסִיס ר׳ Ct 8:2, פֶּלַח הָר׳ (in sim.) 4:3; 6:7. ornaments in temple, shaped like pomegranates (cf. رُمَّانَة in mod. Syria = epaulet, AlmkvistKl. Beiträge zur Lexicogr., etc. NesMarg. 12), 1 K 7:18 (on text cf. StaZAW iii (1883), 154 f. Kit Benz), v 20, 42(×2) ‖ 2 Ch 3:16; 4:13(×2) 2 K 25:17 = Je 52:22; Je 52:22, 23(×2); so in tabernacle, Ex 28:33, 34(×2); 39:24, 25(×2), 26(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «רִמּוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7416/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.13/)

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שְׁלָחַ֙יִךְ֙ פַּרְדֵּ֣ס רִמּוֹנִ֔ים עִ֖ם פְּרִ֣י מְגָדִ֑ים כְּפָרִ֖ים עִם־נְרָדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* shoots your \[are\].a.garden of.pomegranates with fruit of.excellence(s) henna.plants with nard.plants

*JPS 1917:* Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants,

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[Song of Songs 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.7/)

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כְּפֶ֤לַח הָרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].like.(the) slice of.(the) pomegranate temple your from behind to veil your

*JPS 1917:* Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

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