H2965 H2965
fresh-plucked, freshly torn off; newly detached from a plant
An adjective appearing only in Genesis 8:11, describing the olive leaf the dove brought back to Noah: 'a freshly plucked olive leaf.' The word emphasizes the leaf's newness—it was just picked, still green and fresh, proving vegetation had emerged from the flood waters. The Aramaic cognate suggests a fresh leaf still vital with life. This single occurrence makes botanical freshness the signal of earth's renewal, the first tangible evidence that dry land and living plants had survived the deluge.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Genesis 8:11 uses this adjective in the famous scene of the dove returning to the ark with evidence of receding flood waters. The consistent translation 'freshly plucked' (English, Spanish, French, German) emphasizes the leaf's recent removal from a living tree. The fresh green olive leaf became an enduring symbol of peace and new life emerging from judgment. 1×
AR["مَقْطُوفَةٌ"]·ben["ছেঁড়া"]·DE["frisch-gepflückt"]·EN["freshly-plucked"]·FR["freshly-plucked"]·heb["טרף"]·HI["तोदा-हुआ"]·ID["segar"]·IT["freshly-plucked"]·jav["sèger"]·KO["떼어온"]·PT["arrancada"]·RU["сорванный"]·ES["arrancada"]·SW["lililochukuliwa"]·TR["koparılmış"]·urd["تازہ"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† טָרָף †adj. fresh-plucked (Aramaic ܛܰܪܦܳܐ, טַרְפָּא fresh leaf)—עֲלֵה זַיִת טָרָף Gn 8:11 (J) a fresh-plucked olive leaf.