אגוז
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| א־ג־ז (ʾ-g-z) |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic גּוֹזָא (gōzā), אמגוזא, from unattested Old Persian *angauza, see Old Armenian ընկոյզ (ənkoyz) for more.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)eˈɡoz/
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Noun
אֱגוֹז • (egóz) m (plural indefinite אֱגוֹזִים, singular construct אֱגוֹז־)
- walnut
- Tanach, 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-ginnát egóz yarádti, lir.ót bəibḗ han-náḥal; lir.ot hă-farḥá hag-géfen, henétsu ha-rimmoním.
- 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.
- nut (hard-shelled seed)
Synonyms
- (walnut): אֱגוֹז מֶלֶךְ (egóz mélekh)
Derived terms
- אֱגוֹז אֲדָמָה (egóz adamá)
References
- Hehn, Victor with Schrader, Otto (1911) Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere in ihrem Übergang aus Asien nach Griechenland und Italien sowie in das übrige Europa[1] (in German), 8th edition, Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, pages 393–404
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 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
- אגוז on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he