Strong's Lexicon

H3127

H3127 — יוֹנֶקֶת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewyowneqethnoun femOccurrences: 6TWOT: 874b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3127
Word:	יוֹנֶקֶת
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H3126
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	yowneqeth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yo-neh'-keth
Meaning:	1. a sprout
KJV Renderings:	(tender) branch, young twig.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3587

[יוֺנֶ֫קֶת] noun feminine young shoot, twig (= foregoing) — יוֺנַקְתּוֺ Job 8:16 + 2 t.; יוֺנְקוֺתָיו Hos 14:7 יֹנְקוֺתָיו Ezek 17:22 יוֺנְקוֺתֶיהָ Ps 80:12 — shoot, twig, of tree Job 14:7 compare wicked under figure of tree Job 8:16; Job 15:30 Israel under figure of olive-tree Hos 14:7, of cedar Ezek 17:22, of vine Ps 80:12 .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יונקת (yoh-neh’-keth)

Job 8:16

KJV: He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

EHCC: Ais branch shooteth forth in his garden.

Job 14:7

KJV: For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

EHCC: that the tender branch thereof wi [ not,

Job 15:80

EHCC: the flame shall dry up his ,

Psalms 80:11

KJV: She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

EHCC: (12). Aer branches unto the river,

Hosea 14:6

KJV: His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.spread: Heb. go

EHCC: (7). His branches shall spread,