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title: בָּטְנָה — pistachio · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּטְנָה (992), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: pistachio. BDB 1906: pl. pistachio. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּטְנָה

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«בָּטְנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pistachio** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 992 · **BDB:** בָּטְנִים

### Glosses

pistachio.nuts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pistachio [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/992/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. pistachio [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/992/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]pl. pistachio, an oval nut (cf. Assyrian buṭnu COTGloss \& Schr mbak 1881, 419, Aramaic בּוּטְנָא, ܒܶܛܡܬܳܐ, Arabic بُطْمٌ; on Punic βουτνούμ Blau ZMG 1873, 527) = pistacia terebinthus RobBR i. 208, ii. 222, PostPEF Oct. 1888, 218, No. 214 f.; Tr. Vict. Inst. xxii. 271 etc. (pist. vera Löw No. 44); Gn 43:11 one of the articles carried from Canaan to Egypt by sons of Jacob as present to Joseph; still a delicacy in Egypt and Syria, cf. Wetzst in Löw p. 420.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּטְנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/992/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 43:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.11/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל אֲבִיהֶ֗ם אִם־כֵּ֣ן ׀ אֵפוֹא֮ זֹ֣את עֲשׂוּ֒ קְח֞וּ מִזִּמְרַ֤ת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ בִּכְלֵיכֶ֔ם וְהוֹרִ֥ידוּ לָאִ֖ישׁ מִנְחָ֑ה מְעַ֤ט צֳרִי֙ וּמְעַ֣ט דְּבַ֔שׁ נְכֹ֣את וָלֹ֔ט בָּטְנִ֖ים וּשְׁקֵדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to them Israel father their if so then this do take some of.the.best.products of the.land in vessels your and take.down to the man a.gift a.little of.balm and a.little of.honey spice and myrrh pistachio.nuts and almonds

*JPS 1917:* And their father Israel said unto them: 'If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds;

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