H6849 H6849
offshoots, descendants (as shoots from a plant)
This plural noun appears only in Isaiah 22:24, parallel to 'offspring' in describing descendants. The botanical imagery presents family descendants as shoots or offshoots growing from a plant. The context speaks of Eliakim as a peg on which will hang all the weight of his father's house—both the offspring and the offshoots. The paired terms emphasize completeness, covering all generations and branches of the family. This organic metaphor for genealogical relationships was natural in an agricultural society.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers to descendants or family offshoots, using botanical imagery of shoots branching from a plant. Isaiah 22:24 employs this term parallel to 'offspring' to describe all the descendants of Eliakim's family who will depend on him—both direct children and more distant relatives like shoots and branches of a family tree. 1×
AR["وَالأَحْفَادَ"]·ben["ও-বংশধরদের"]·DE["[והצפעות]"]·EN["and-the-offshoots"]·FR["[והצפעות]"]·heb["ו-ה-צפיעות"]·HI["और-पौते"]·ID["dan-cabang-cabang"]·IT["[והצפעות]"]·jav["lan-ranting"]·KO["그리고-후손들이라"]·PT["e-os-rebentos"]·RU["и-побеги"]·ES["y-los-retoños"]·SW["na-wazao"]·TR["ve-torunlari"]·urd["اور-نسل"]
Related Senses
H0376 1. man, person, human male (2130×)H0251 1. brother (blood sibling) (573×)H0120 1. man, human being (individual/generic) (527×)H0802 1. woman, female person (519×)H0802 2. wife, spouse (255×)H0517 1. mother, female parent (217×)G0435 1. man, male person (202×)G1135 1. woman, adult female (190×)H2233 1. offspring, descendants (172×)H0001 2. ancestor, forefather (146×)H5288 1. Youth, young man (122×)H0269 1. sister (female sibling) (113×)H1755 1. generation, contemporaries (96×)G5043 1. child, offspring (89×)G0444 2. people, humankind (86×)H3206 1. child, boy, youth (86×)H2145 1. male (human being) (79×)G3384 1. mother (77×)H6485a 1. Qal passive participle: numbered ones, enrollment (76×)H1397 1. man (strong/mighty) (65×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [צְפִיעָה] n.f. dub.; appar., from context, offshoot;—pl. הַצְּפִיעוֹת Is 22:24 (fig.; ‖ הַצֶּאֱצָאִים).