Branches and Shoots

† צֶ֫מַח n.m. Je 23:5 sprout, growth;—abs. צ׳ Ho 8:7 +, צֶ֑מַח Zc 3:8; cstr. צֶ֫מַח Gn 19:25 +; sf. צִמְחָהּ Ez 17:9 +;— 1. coll. sprouting, growth, צ׳ הָאֲדָמָה Gn 19:25 (J), צ׳ הַשָּׂדֶה Ez 16:7 (sim.), cf. Is 61:11 ψ 65:11; so צ׳ יהוה Is 4:2, צ׳ abs. Ho 8:7; growth (= foliage) of vine, טַרְפֵּי צ׳ Ez 17:9. 2. process of growth, of vine, עֲרֻגֹת צִמְחָהּ Ez 17:10 = the beds where it grew. 3. future ruler, under fig. of sprout from Davidic tree (cf. ψ 132:17) וַהֲקִמֹתִי לְדָוִד צ׳ צַדִּיק Je 23:5 a righteous sprout, shoot, = אַצְמִיחַ לְדָוִד צ׳ צְדָקָה 33:15; hence (as n.pr.) עַבְדִּי צ׳ Ze 3:8, of Joshua אִישׁ צ׳ שְׁמוֹ 6:12.

† [דָּלִיּוֹת] pl. of [דָּלִית] n.f. branch, bough, metaph. of Israel under figure of olive tree דָּֽלִיּוֹתָיו Je 11:16 Ez 17:6, 7 (figure of vine); v 23 (under figure of cedar); 31:7, 9, 12 of Asshur as a cedar, דָּלִיֹּתָיו Ez 19:11 Isr. as a vine (cf. Löw65).

† [יוֹנֶ֫קֶת] n.f. young shoot, twig (= foregoing)—יוֹנַקְתּוֹ Jb 8:16 + 2 times; יוֹנְקוֹתָיו Ho 14:7; יֹנְקוֹתָיו Ez 17:22; יוֹנְקוֹתֶיהָ ψ 80:12;—shoot, twig, of tree Jb 14:7; of wicked under fig. of tree Jb 8:16; 15:30; Israel under fig. of olive-tree Ho 14:7, of cedar Ez 17:22, of vine ψ 80:12.

† [סָעִיף] n.[m.] 1. cleft. 2. branch;— 1. cleft of a crag, cstr. סְעִיף סֶלַע Ju 15:8, 11; pl. cstr. וּבִסְעִפֵֿי הַסְּלָעִים Is 2:21; סְעִיפֵי הַסּ׳ 57:5. 2. branches, boughs, pl. cstr. סְעִפֵֿי הַפֹּרִיָּה Is 17:6 (so divide, Hi Kn Di DrSm xxx Du al.) the boughs of the fruit-tree; sf. סְעִיפֶיהָ 27:10 (of ruined city; cf. קְצִירָהּ v 11).

† [פֹּארָה] n.f. bough;—pl., all in fig.: of vine, abs. פֹּארֹת Ez 17:6 (Baer פֹּרֹאות); of cedar, sf. פֹּארֹתוֹ 31:5 (Kt; יו—ָ Qr); פֹּארֹתָיו v 6, פֹּרֹאתָיו v 8, 12, 13.

† II. קָצִיר n.m. Is 27:11 usually coll., boughs, branches (connex. with above √ dub.);—abs. ק׳ Jb 14:9; sf. קְצִירִי Jb 29:19 (in fig.; ‖ שֹׁרֶשׁ), קְצִירוֹ 18:16 (fig.; ‖ id.); קְצִירָהּ Is 27:11; pl. sf. קְצִירֶיהָ ψ 80:12.

† [עֲנַף] n.[m.] bough (v. BH ענף);—pl. sf. עַנְפ֫וֹהִי Dn 4:9, 11(×2), 18.

† כִּפָּה n.f. branch, frond (prob. of palm-tree, cf. כַּף 4 d);—כ׳ Is 9:13; 19:15 fig. of nobles, rulers (both opp. אַגְמוֹן rush, i.e. high and low; ‖ רֹאשׁ וְזָנָב); c. sf. כִּפָּתוֹ Jb 15:32 (of wicked under fig. of palm-tree).

† [נְטִישָׁה] n.f. twig, tendril of vine (as spreading, cf. √ Niph. 3);—only pl. הַנְּטִישׁוֹת הֵסִיר הֵתַז Is 18:5 the tendrils he hath removed, cf. הָסִירוּ נְטִישׁוֹתֶיהָ Je 5:10 (appar. cited from Is.; expl. by Finn Journ. Trans. Vict. Inst. xxii. 306 f. from use by shepherds of poterium spinosum, called nettsh, as defence of sheepfolds),—in both of destroying city (under fig. of vineyard); נְטִישֹׁתַיִךְ עָֽבְרוּ יָם Je 48:32 thy tendrils went over the sea (fig. of prosperity of Moab).

† [סְעַפָּה] n.f. bough, branch;—pl. sf. סְעַפֹּתָיו Ez 31:6, 8 (of king under fig. of cedar).

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† [יְנִיקָה] n.f. id., only pl. sf. יְנִיקוֹתָיו Ez 17:4 of Israel under figure of cedar.

† [סַנְסִנִּים] n.[m.]pl. fruit-stalk of date (Löw p. 119) (Aramaic loan-word from ܣܺܝܣܢܳܐ PS2617 racemus dactylorum, cf. Assyrian sissinnu, part of the date-palm Dl 507);—sf. אֹחֲזָה בְּסַנְסִנָּ֑יו Ct 7:9.

† סַרְעַפָּה n.f. bough (with infixed ר, cf. Ges§ 85 w, as transition-cons. Köii. 1, 472; cf. Biblical Aramaic; Kau§ 62 F. Selle De Aramaismis Lib. Ezech. 17); *—pl. sf. סַרְעַפֹּתֶיּו Ez 31:5 (of Pharaoh under fig. of tree, cf. Co Berthol Toy).

† [עָנֵף] adj. full of branches;—fs. עֲנֵפָה Ez 19:10 (of vine, in fig.).

† [שְׁלוּחָה] n.f. shoot, branch (cf. i. שֶׁלַח 2);—pl. sf. שְׁלוּחֹתֶיהָ Is 16:8, of vine of Sibmah (E. of Jordan).