H0668 H0668
palanquin, litter; a portable sedan chair for royalty (Song 3:9)
This exotic loanword describes Solomon's ornate portable throne or couch, likely borrowed from Greek, Persian, or Sanskrit. The term appears only in Song of Songs' lavish description of a royal wedding procession. Ancient versions consistently recognize it as a luxury conveyance. The word evokes Near Eastern royal splendor, befitting Solomon's legendary magnificence and the Song's celebration of royal love.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Song of Songs 3:9 declares: 'King Solomon made himself a palanquin from the wood of Lebanon.' The following verses describe purple cushions, golden posts, and a silver base—a mobile throne of extraordinary beauty. Cross-lingual glosses vary: English 'carriage', Spanish 'Litera' (litter), French 'Un-palanquin', German preserves Hebrew. This lexical diversity reflects the term's rarity and foreign origin, but all point to a luxurious portable seat befitting royal processions. 1×
AR["أَفِرْيُون"]·ben["পালকি"]·DE["[אפריון]"]·EN["carriage"]·FR["Un-palanquin"]·heb["אפיריון"]·HI["पालकी"]·ID["Tandu"]·IT["carriage"]·jav["Jempana"]·KO["가마-를"]·PT["Palanquim"]·RU["Паланкин"]·ES["Litera"]·SW["machela"]·TR["taht"]·urd["پالکی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† אַפִּרְיוֹן n.[m.] sedan, litter, palanquin (so NH; origin dub.; no plausible Shemitic etymol.; perhaps (so RS in YuleGloss. of Anglo-Indian Words, 502) Skr. paryaṅka, litter-bed, ‘palankeen;’ perhaps (if poem be late) Gr. φορεῖον;—𝔊 has φορεῖον, 𝔙 ferculum, Syriac ܦܽܘܪܝܳܐ (and ܦܽܘܪܝܳܐ) PS3073; Sota 9:14 and Talm אַפִּרְיוֹן, Talm also פּוֹרְיָא and פּוֹרְיוֹן, LevyNHWB i. 150, iv. 17.) Ct 3:9 א׳ עָשָׂה לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה.