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title: תַּפּוּחַ — apple-tree · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּפּוּחַ (8598), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: apple-tree. BDB 1906: apple-tree, apple. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּפּוּחַ

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«תַּפּוּחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **apple-tree** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 8598 · **BDB:** תַּפּוּחַ

### Glosses

apples (3); an.apple.tree (1); apple.tree (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

apple-tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8598/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

apple-tree, apple [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8598/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] apple-tree, apple (from aromatic scent (breath), Thes Lag BN 111, 129 Post (v. infr.); Arabic تُفّاحٌ is loan-wd. Frä 140; on meaning apple v. Löw No. 109 RSJPhl. xiii. 65 f. Post Hast Dict. Bib. Apple) v. also HomA. u. A 100, 106, 107; TristrNHB 334 f. thinks ת׳ = apricot (so Id.Smith DB (2) apple); M’Lean-DyerEB apple makes ת׳ = quince.v. also HomA. u. A 100, 106, 107; TristrNHB 334 f. thinks ת׳ = apricot (so Id.Smith DB (2) apple); M’Lean-DyerEB apple makes ת׳ = quince.— sg. תַּפּוּח apple-tree Jo 1:12; Ct 2:3; 8:5. pl. תַּפּוּחִים apples Ct 2:5, רֵיח אַפֵּךְ כַּתּ׳ 7:9; תַּפּוּחֵי זָהָב Pr 25:11 (in sim.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּפּוּחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8598/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.11/)

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תַּפּוּחֵ֣י זָ֭הָב בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת כָּ֑סֶף דָּ֝בָ֗ר דָּבֻ֥ר עַל־אָפְנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* apples of.gold in carvings of.silver a.word spoken on times its.proper

*JPS 1917:* A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

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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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