H5634 H5634
bough, branch (of a large tree)
Denotes the spreading branches of a great tree in Ezekiel's allegory of Pharaoh. The word appears uniquely in Ezekiel 31, where Egypt is pictured as a towering cedar with boughs multiplied beyond other trees. The term includes an infixed 'r' as a morphological marker, similar to Aramaic forms, pointing to its late linguistic character.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The luxuriant boughs of the allegorical tree representing Pharaoh's Egypt (Ezekiel 31:5). Ezekiel describes how the great cedar's branches multiplied 'because of abundant water'—the image of imperial power spreading its influence. The Hebrew word, with its Aramaic-like structure, fits Ezekiel's tendency to adopt Mesopotamian loan-words during the exile period. 1×
AR["أَغْصَانُهُ"]·ben["তার-ডালগুলি"]·DE["[סרעפתיו]"]·EN["its-boughs"]·FR["branche"]·heb["סערפותיו"]·HI["शाखाएं-उसकी"]·ID["dahan-dahannya"]·IT["[סרעפתיו]"]·jav["pang-pangipun"]·KO["가지들이-그의"]·PT["ramos-dele"]·RU["ветви-его"]·ES["sus-ramas"]·SW["matawi-yake"]·TR["dalları"]·urd["اُس-کی-شاخیں"]
Related Senses
H3754 1. vineyard, cultivated grape plot (92×)H0730 1. cedar tree or wood (73×)H1612 1. vine, grapevine (55×)H3293a 1. forest, wood, thicket (55×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)H7070 1. reed, cane (plant) (30×)H7848 1. acacia (28×)H8328 1. root of a plant (28×)H8384 1. fig tree (25×)H5488 1. reeds, rushes (in 'Sea of Reeds') (24×)G0290 1. a vineyard (23×)G2325 1. reap, harvest a crop (21×)G4687 1. sow seed, plant (21×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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).