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title: אֲשִׁישָׁה — raisin-cake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲשִׁישָׁה (809), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: raisin-cake. BDB 1906: n.f. raisin-cake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲשִׁישָׁה

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«אֲשִׁישָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **raisin-cake** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 809 · **BDB:** אֲשִׁישָׁה

### Glosses

a.raisin-cake (2); (of).cakes (1); raisin-cakes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

raisin-cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/809/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. raisin-cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/809/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (pressed) raisin-cake—א׳ 2 S 6:19 1 Ch 16:3 distributed, with other viands, to people, especially as stimulating, pl. אֲשִׁישׁוֹת Ct 2:5; more explicitly אֲשִׁישֵׁי עֲנָבִים Ho 3:1 used in sacrificial feasts (cf. RSOTJC Lect. xi. n. 7); אֲשִׁישֵׁי קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת Is 16:7, i.e. the raisin-cakes which were an article of trade at Qir-ḥareseth (taken by Thes al. = foundations, i.e. foundations exposed by ruin, from \[אָשִׁישׁ\] with such a meaning).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲשִׁישָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/809/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.5/)

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סַמְּכ֙וּנִי֙ בָּֽאֲשִׁישׁ֔וֹת רַפְּד֖וּנִי בַּתַּפּוּחִ֑ים כִּי־חוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* sustain me with (the) raisin-cakes refresh me with (the) apples (dm) \[am\].weak of.love I

*JPS 1917:* 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.'

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[1 Chronicles 16:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.3/)

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וַיְחַלֵּק֙ לְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּׁ֑ה לְאִישׁ֙ כִּכַּר־לֶ֔חֶם וְאֶשְׁפָּ֖ר וַאֲשִׁישָֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and he.distributed to every (the).person of.Israel from man and unto woman to each a.round.loaf of.bread and a.date-cake and a.raisin-cake

*JPS 1917:* And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a cake made in a pan, and a sweet cake.

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