Fig and Sycamore

† תְּאֵנָה n.f. fig-tree, (then) fig (√ dub.; Arabic تِينٌ,, Aramaic תִּינְתָא, ܬܻܐܬܳܐ; perhaps Pun. תין (v. Lzb385; i.e. תְּיֵן Eut, v. DHMVOJ i. 26), Assyrian tittu, a tree; LagM i. 58ff. combines ת׳ (precariously) with √ (III) אנה meet opportunely, with ref. to fructifying of fig by another tree, cf. HomAufsätze u. Abh. i (1892), 100);—abs. ת׳ Ju 9:10 +; sf. תְּאֵנָתוֹ 1 K 5:5 +, etc.; pl. תְּאֵנִים Nu 13:23 +; cstr. תְּאֵנֵי Je 24:2; sf. תְּאֵנֵיכֶם Am 4:9;— 1. fig-tree (ficus carica PostFlora 730; Hast. DB, s. v. TrNHB 350 M’Lean-Th-Dyer Ency. Bib., s. v.; cf. Löw§ 335; often + גֶּפֶן): Ju 9:10, 11 (in allegory), Am 4:9; Ho 9:10; Na 3:12; 1 K 5:5 2 K 18:31 = Is 36:16; Mi 4:4; Is 34:4; Pr 27:18; עֲלֵה ת׳ Gn 3:7 (J) fig-leaves, הַתּ׳ חָֽנְטָה פַגֶּיהָ Ct 2:13; coll. Nu 20:5 (JE), Ho 2:14; Je 5:17; 8:13; Dt 8:8; Hb 3:17; Hg 2:19; Zc 3:10; Jo 1:7, 12; 2:22 ψ 105:33. 2. fig, always pl.: Nu 13:23 (JE), Je 24:1, 2(×2), 3(×2), 5, 8; 29:17 (all symbolic of Judæans), Je 8:13 (אֵין תּ׳ בַּתְּאֵנָה), Ne 13:15; as medicament, דְּבֶלֶת ת׳ 2 K 20:7 = Is 38:21; תְּאֵנֵי הַבַּכֻּרוֹת Je 24:2 the figs of early ripeness (cf. Du).

Included with: σῡκέα, ἡ, only Doric dialect (see. συκία), Epic dialect nominative plural συκέαι Refs 8th c.BC+; Ionic dialect accusative singular συκέην Refs 5th c.BC+; elsewhere only in contraction or analogical forms from συκῆ (Epic dialect and Ionic dialect nominative συκῆ Refs 8th c.BC+:—fig-tree, Ficus Carica, Refs 8th c.BC+; for various kinds, see Refs 4th c.BC+; ἱερὰ σ. a suburb of Eleusis, where Demeter first produced the fig-tree, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 σ. Αἰγυπτία,= κερωνία, Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 σ. περὶ τὴν Ἴδην, Amelanchier, Amelanchias vulgaris, Refs __4 ={χαμαισύκη}, Refs 1st c.AD+ __5 banyan, Ficus bengalensis, Refs __II ={σῦκον} 1, fig, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III a tar or resin in Aleppo pine, Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV a kind of spurge,= πέπλιον, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+ __V ={σῦκον} Refsexcrescence on the body, Refs 1st c.AD+ __VI a seaweed, Refs 4th c.BC+

† [שִׁקְמָה] n.f. sycomore tree (NH id., Aramaic שִׁיקְמָא, ܫܶܩܡܳܐ, LöwNo.332; hence Gk. συκάμινος, mulberry LewyFremdw.23);—pl. abs. שִׁקְמִים Am 7:14 +; sf. שִׁקְמוֹתָם ψ 78:47;—sycomore, ficus sycomorus Linn (TristrNHB 397ff. PostFlora of Syria 730. Hast DB s.v.) a common tree Is 9:9, growing in the Shephela 1 K 10:27 = 2 Ch 1:15 = 9:27;1 Ch 27:28; as property ψ 78:47 (‖ גֶּפֶן); בּוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִים Am 7:14 a tender of sycomores (v. [בָּלַם]).

† I. תַּפּוּחַ 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.— 1. sg. תַּפּוּח apple-tree Jo 1:12; Ct 2:3; 8:5. 2. pl. תַּפּוּחִים apples Ct 2:5, רֵיח אַפֵּךְ כַּתּ׳ 7:9; תַּפּוּחֵי זָהָב Pr 25:11 (in sim.).

σῡκᾰμιν-ος, ἡ, more rarely ὁ,= μορέα, mulberry-tree, ὁ σ. συκάμιν᾽, ὁρᾷς, φορεῖ Refs 4th c.BC+ __II σ. ἡ Αἰγυπτία,= συκόμορος,NT+3rd c.BC+ __III σ. ἀγρία, ={βάτος} (A), Refs 4th c.BC+

σῡκόμορ-ος, ἡ, (μόρον) sycamore-fig, Ficus Sycomorus, Refs 1st c.AD+. (Heb. shikemah.)

† בִּכּוּרָה n.f. first ripe fig, early fig (regarded as a delicacy) (Löw391; cf. Arabic بَاكُورَة, Span. albacora, Moorish bokkôre) Mi 7:1; Ho 9:10; sf. בִּכּוּרָהּ = בִּכּוּרָתָהּ (read בִּכּוּרָה Di), Is 28:4; pl. בַּכֻּרוֹת Je 24:2. בַּכֻּרוֹת Je 24:2 prob. a diff. word, pl. abstr. = early ripeness, cf. Du.