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תְּאֵנָה noun feminine fig-tree, (then) fig (√ dubious; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5788], Aramaic תֵּינְתָא, [untranscribed source text 5789]; perhaps Punic תין (see Lzb385 ; i.e. תְּיֵן Eut, see DHMVOJ i. 26), Assyrian tittu, a tree; LagM i. 58 ff. combines ׳ ת (precariously) with √ (III) אנה meet opportunely, with reference to fructifying of fig by another tree, compare HomAufsätze u.Abh. i. (1892), 100); — absolute ׳ ת Judg 9:10 +; suffix תְּאֵנָתוֺ 1Kgs 5:5 +, etc.; plural תְּאֵנִים Num 13:23 +; construct תְּאֵנֵי Jer 24:2 suffix תְּאֵנֵיכֶם Amos 4:9 —
1.
fig-tree (ficus carica
PostFlora. 730; Hast. DB, under the word
TrNHB.350 M'Lean-Th-DyerEncy. Bib., under the
word; compare Löw§ 335; often + גֶּפֶן
): Judg 9:10
; Judg 9:11
(in allegory),
Amos 4:9;
Hos 9:10;
Nah 3:12;
1Kgs 5:5; 2Kgs 18:31 = Isa 36:16; Mic 4:4; Isa 34:4; Prov 27:18
׳
עֲלֵה ת
Gen 3:7 (
J
) fig-leaves, חָֽנְטָה פַגֶּיהָ
׳
הַתּ
Song 2:13
collective Num 20:5
(
J
E
), Hos 2:14
; Jer 5:17
; Jer 8:13
; Deut 8:8;
Hab 3:17; Hag 2:19; Zech 3:10;
Joel 1:7; Joel 1:12;
Joel 2:22;
Ps 105:33
.
2.
fig, always plural: Num 13:23 (
J
E
), Jer 24:1
; Jer 24:2
(twice in verse); Jer 24:3 (twice in verse); Jer 24:5; Jer 24:8; Jer 29:17 (all symbolic of Judaeans), Jer 8:13 (
בַּתְּאֵנָה
׳
אֵין תּ), Neh 8:13 as medicament, ׳
דְּבֶלֶת ת
2Kgs 20:7 =
Isa 38:21
תְּאֵנֵי
הַבַּכֻּרוֺת
Jer 24:2
the figs of early ripeness (compare Du).
תַּאֲנִיָּה see [I. אנה]. תְּאֻנִים see I. און .