רימון
Hebrew
A pomegranate on its tree
Etymology
Compare Arabic رُمَّانٌ (rummān) and Classical Syriac ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānā), ܐܪܡܘܢܐ (ʾarmōnā).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁiˈmon/
Noun
רימון /רִמּוֹן • (rimón) m (plural indefinite רמונים / רִמּוֹנִים)
- pomegranate (fruit)
- Song of Songs 8:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אֶנְהָֽגֲךָ֗ אֲבִֽיאֲךָ֛ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית אִמִּ֖י תְּלַמְּדֵ֑נִי אַשְׁקְךָ֙ מִיַּ֣יִן הָרֶ֔קַח מֵעֲסִ֖יס רִמֹּנִֽי׃
- Enhagaḱha aviyakhá el beit immí t'lamdáni; ashqkhá mi-yayin ha-réqaḥ, ma'asis rimoní.
- I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, That thou mightest instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Chagigah 15b:
- רַבִּי מֵאִיר רִמּוֹן מָצָא תּוֹכוֹ אָכַל קְלִיפָּתוֹ זָרַק
- Rabí Meír rimón matzá, tokhó akhál, qlipató zaráq.
- Rabbi Meir found a pomegranate, ate the inside, threw away the rind.
- Song of Songs 8:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- pomegranate-shaped decoration on the priestly robe (religion)
- Exodus 28:34, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- פַּעֲמֹ֤ן זָהָב֙ וְרִמּ֔וֹן פַּֽעֲמֹ֥ן זָהָ֖ב וְרִמּ֑וֹן עַל־שׁוּלֵ֥י הַמְּעִ֖יל סָבִֽיב׃
- Pa'amón zaháv v-rimón, pa'amón zaháv v-rimón 'al shulí ha-m'íl savív.
- A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
- grenade (weapon)
Derived terms
- רימונדה / רִמּוֹנָדָה (rimonáda)
Further reading
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