Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5577 |
|---|---|
| Word: | סַנסִן |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from an unused root meaning to be pointed |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | cancin |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | san-seen' |
| Meaning: | 1. a twig (as tapering) |
| KJV Renderings: | bough. |
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[סַנְסִנִּים noun [masculine] plural fruit-stalk of date (Löwp. 119) (Aramaic loan-word from [untranscribed source text 3615] PS2617 racemus dactylorum, compare Assyrian sissinnu , part of the date-palm Dl507); — suffix אֹחֲזָה בְּסַנְסִנָּ֑יו Song 7:9.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
