אגוז

Hebrew

Root
א־ג־ז (ʾ-g-z)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic גּוֹזָא (gōzā), אמגוזא, from unattested Old Persian *angauza, see Old Armenian ընկոյզ (ənkoyz) for more.

Noun

אֱגוֹז ('egóz) m (plural indefinite אֱגוֹזִים, singular construct אֱגוֹז־)

  1. walnut
  2. nut (hard-shelled seed)
    • Song of Songs 6:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אֶל־גִּנַּת אֱגוֹז יָרַדְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּאִבֵּי הַנָּחַל לִרְאוֹת הֲפָרְחָה הַגֶּפֶן הֵנֵצוּ הָרִמֹּנִים׃
      El ginat egoz yarádti lir'ot b-ibey han-náḥal lir'ot hă-farḥa hag-géfen henétsu ha-rimmonim
      I went down into the garden of nuts, to look at the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.

Derived terms

References

  • Hehn, Victor; Schrader, Otto (1911) Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere in ihrem Übergang aus Asien nach Griechenland und Italien sowie in das übrige Europa (in German), 8th edition, Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, page 393–404
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 29–59
  • Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 18
  • H93 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • אגוז” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.