H7416 H7416
Pomegranate; the fruit used in offerings and temple decoration, or the tree itself as an agricultural crop.
One of the seven species that mark the goodness of the Promised Land (Deut 8:8), the pomegranate appears throughout Scripture as both fruit and tree. Its seeds were carried back by the spies from Canaan (Num 13:23), its juice is the sweet wine of Song of Solomon 8:2, and its shape inspired the ornamental bells alternating on the high priest's robe (Exod 28:33-34) and the decorative capitals of Solomon's temple pillars (1 Kgs 7:18-20). Several languages helpfully distinguish tree from fruit — Spanish 'granado' (tree) vs. 'granada' (fruit), Korean '석류나무' vs. '석류' — a distinction the Hebrew itself does not mark morphologically.
Senses
1. pomegranate (fruit/ornament) — The pomegranate fruit, whether eaten, pressed for juice (Song 8:2), or serving as the model for decorative ornaments on priestly garments (Exod 28:33-34; 39:24-26) and temple pillars (1 Kgs 7:18-20; Jer 52:22-23). This sense covers 28 occurrences. Translations uniformly render it 'granadas' (Spa), 'grenades' (Fra), 'Granatäpfel' (Deu), all pointing to the fruit itself or its ornamental representation. 28×
AR["الرُّمَّانَاتُ", "الرُّمَّانَاتِ", "الرُّمَّانِ", "رُمَّانَاتٍ", "هَ-رِّمُّونِيم", "وَ-رُمَّانٍ", "وَ-رُمَّانَةٌ", "وَ-رُمّانَةٌ", "وَرُمَّانٌ", "وَرُمَّانٍ"]·ben["-ডালিম", "-ডালিমগুলো", "-ডালিমগুলো।", "এবং-ডালিম", "এবং-ডালিমগুলি", "এবং-ডালিমের", "ডালিম", "ডালিমগুলি", "ডালিমগুলোর"]·DE["[הרמונים]", "[הרמנים]", "[ורמונים]", "[רמונים]", "der-Granataefel", "der-Granatapfel", "pomegranates", "und-Granatapfel", "und-pomegranates"]·EN["and-pomegranate", "and-pomegranates", "pomegranates", "the-pomegranates"]·FR["[הרמונים]", "[הרמנים]", "[ורמונים]", "[רמונים]", "et-grenade", "et-pomegranate", "et-pomegranates", "le-grenades", "le-pomegranates", "les-grenadiers.", "les-grenadiers;", "pomegranates"]·heb["ה-רימונים", "ה-רמונים", "ה-רמנים", "ו-רימון", "ו-רימונים", "ו-רמון", "רימונים", "רמונים"]·HI["अनार", "अनारों", "अनारों-की", "अनारों-के", "अनारों-पर", "और-अनार"]·ID["-pohon-pohon-delima", "buah-buah-delima", "buah-delima", "dan-buah-buah-delima", "dan-buah-delima", "dan-delima", "delima", "delima-delima"]·IT["e-melagrana", "e-melagrane", "il-melagrana", "il-melagrane", "melagrana", "melagrane", "melograno"]·jav["dalima-dalima", "delima", "delima-punika", "lan-delima", "lan-delima,", "lan-dèlima", "para-delima", "woh-delima"]·KO["그-석류들", "그-석류들-이", "그리고-석류", "그리고-석류나무", "그리고-석류들이", "그리고-석류의", "석류들", "석류들은", "석류들을", "석류들이"]·PT["as-romãs", "e-romã", "e-romãs", "romãs"]·RU["гранатов", "гранатовых-яблок", "гранаты", "гранаты.", "и-гранат", "и-граната", "и-гранатовые-яблоки", "и-гранаты"]·ES["granadas", "las-granadas", "ni-granada", "y-de-granados", "y-granada", "y-granadas"]·SW["-", "makomamanga", "na-komamanga", "na-makomamanga", "na-mkomamanga", "za-mataji"]·TR["-narların", "narlar", "narları", "ve-nar", "ve-narlar", "ve-narın"]·urd["-انار", "-اناروں-کے", "انار", "اناروں", "اناروں-کے", "اور-انار"]
Exod 28:33, Exod 28:34, Exod 28:34, Exod 39:24, Exod 39:25, Exod 39:25, Exod 39:26, Exod 39:26, Num 13:23, Num 20:5, Deut 8:8, 1 Kgs 7:18 (+16 more)
2. pomegranate tree — The pomegranate tree as a living plant or agricultural crop, distinguished from its fruit in contexts describing orchards, gardens, or crop failure. Saul sits under a pomegranate tree at Migron (1 Sam 14:2), the beloved's garden is a 'paradise of pomegranates' (Song 4:13), and Joel laments its withering (1:12). The tree sense surfaces clearly in Spanish 'granado' (vs. 'granada'), Korean '석류나무' (vs. '석류'), and Hindi 'अनार-के-पेड़,' confirming the botanical distinction. 4×
AR["الرُّمّانُ", "الـ-رُّمَّانَةِ", "رِمُّونِيم", "وَالرُّمَّانَةُ"]·ben["-ডালিমের", "-সেই-ডালিম-গাছের", "ও-ডালিম-গাছ", "ডালিম"]·DE["Granataefel", "Granatapfel", "[והרמון]", "der-pomegranate"]·EN["and-the-pomegranate", "pomegranate", "pomegranates", "the-pomegranate"]·FR["de-grenades,", "et-grenade", "grenade", "le-pomegranate"]·heb["ה-רימון", "ו-ה-רימון", "רימון", "רימונים"]·HI["अनार", "अनार-के-पेड़", "अनारों-का", "और-अनार"]·ID["dan-pohon-delima", "delima", "pohon-delima"]·IT["e-melograno", "il-melagrana", "melagrana", "melograno"]·jav["delima", "lan-wit-dlima", "wit-delima", "woh-delima"]·KO["그-석류나무", "그리고-석류나무", "석류나무-와", "석류들-의"]·PT["a-romãzeira", "e-a-romãzeira", "romãs", "romãzeira"]·RU["гранат", "гранатов", "гранатовым-деревом", "и-гранат"]·ES["el-granado", "granado", "granados", "y-el-granado"]·SW["Rimoni", "mkomamanga", "na-mkomamanga", "ya-makomamanga"]·TR["nar", "nar-ağacının", "narlarin", "ve-nar-ağacı-"]·urd["انار", "انار-کے", "اناروں-کا", "اور-انار"]
Related Senses
H8081 1. oil (substance) (180×)H3196 1. wine (fermented grape juice) (141×)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×)H1706 1. honey (54×)H4682 1. unleavened bread/cakes (53×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2461 1. milk (42×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H8492 1. new wine / must (38×)H0400 1. food, nourishment (36×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)G3631 1. wine (34×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. רִמּוֹן n.m. Je 52:23 pomegranate (foreign word of doubtful origin, cf. LöwNo. 310 HomA. u. A. 97 ff.; Aramaic רִימּוֹנָא, רוּמָּנָא, ܪܽܘܡܳܢܳܐ, Mand. רומאנא NöM. 123; Arabic رُمَّانٌ (Aramaic loan-word, Frä 142), Ethiopic ሮማን: );—abs. ר׳ 1 S 14:2 +, רִמֹּן Ex 39:26, 26; sf. רִמֹּנִי Ct 8:2; pl. רִמּוֹנִים 1 K 7:20 +, etc.;—pomegranate: 1. tree 1 S 14:2, often + גֶּפֶן, תְּאֵנָה, etc., Nu…