H5577 H5577
branches/fruit-stalks—clusters or stems of dates
This term designates parts of the date palm, likely the fruit-stalks or branch clusters where dates grow. The word appears in Song of Solomon's climactic love poem where the man declares his intention to climb the palm tree and grasp its clusters. Scholarly analysis identifies this as an Aramaic loan-word related to Syriac terms for date clusters. The romantic context uses palm-tree imagery for the beloved's stature and attractiveness.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The fruit-stalks or branch-clusters of a date palm (Song 7:8), where the dates hang in bunches. Identified as an Aramaic borrowing based on Syriac and Assyrian cognates. The lover uses climbing metaphor—grasping these branches represents intimacy with the beloved. Spanish 'ramas' and French 'branches' emphasize the clustering growth structure of the palm. 1×
AR["بِعُذُوقِهَا"]·ben["তার-ডালে"]·DE["[בסנסניו]"]·EN["on-its-branches"]·FR["ses-branches."]·heb["ב-סנסניו"]·HI["उसकी-डालियों"]·ID["tangkai-tangkai-buahnya"]·IT["in-su-its-branches-suo"]·jav["ing-pang-piyambakipun"]·KO["그-가지들-을"]·PT["em-seus-ramos"]·RU["ветви-её"]·ES["sus-ramas"]·SW["matawi-yake"]·TR["dallarını"]·urd["اس-کی-ٹہنیوں"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [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.