Hebrew Word Studies (9 words)
8+,שָׁ֑לַחNehemiah 4:11;Job 33:18, suffixשִׁלְחוֺNehemiah 4:17; pluralשְׁלָחִים2Chronicles 23:10, etc.; —1missile, weapon,Nehemiah 4:11andNehemiah 4:17(whereהַמַּיִםcorrupt; read probablyבִּימִינוֺorב 8+,שָׁ֑לַחNehemiah 4:11;Job 33:18, suffixשִׁלְחוֺNehemiah 4:17; pluralשְׁלָחִים2Chronicles 23:10, etc.; —1missile, weapon,Nehemiah 4:11andNehemiah 4:17(whereהַמַּיִםcorrupt; read probablyבִּימִינוֺorב
- send (semantic_range)
8); —׳הַמּNehemiah 2:8(containing trees); constructמַּרְדֵּס רִמּוֺנִיםSongs 4:13(fruit-trees and costly plants); pluralמַּרְדֵּסִיםEcclesiastes 2:5(+גַּנּוֺת).Topical LexiconOverviewפַרְדֵּס (pardes) 8); —׳הַמּNehemiah 2:8(containing trees); constructמַּרְדֵּס רִמּוֺנִיםSongs 4:13(fruit-trees and costly plants); pluralמַּרְדֵּסִיםEcclesiastes 2:5(+גַּנּוֺת).Topical LexiconOverviewפַרְדֵּס (pardes)
- preserve (semantic_range)
- park (semantic_range)
23pomegranate(foreign word of doubtful origin, compare LöwNo.310HomA.u. A. 97 ff.; Aramaicרִימּוֺנָא,רוּמָּנָא,, MandeanרומאנאNöM.123; Arabic(Aramaic loan-word, Frä142), Ethiopic); — absolute׳ר1 Samue 23pomegranate(foreign word of doubtful origin, compare LöwNo.310HomA.u. A. 97 ff.; Aramaicרִימּוֺנָא,רוּמָּנָא,, MandeanרומאנאNöM.123; Arabic(Aramaic loan-word, Frä142), Ethiopic); — absolute׳ר1 Samue
- cliff of R (semantic_range)
compare √ענד), without difference of meaning (עמיin PentateuchGenesis 31:31;Genesis 39:7,12,14;Exodus 33:12;Leviticus 26:21,23,27,40 [H]Numbers 22:19; Joshua-Kings 13 t.;Psalm 42:9;Psalm 86:17;Job 10: compare √ענד), without difference of meaning (עמיin PentateuchGenesis 31:31;Genesis 39:7,12,14;Exodus 33:12;Leviticus 26:21,23,27,40 [H]Numbers 22:19; Joshua-Kings 13 t.;Psalm 42:9;Psalm 86:17;Job 10:
9fruit; — absolute׳פHosea 9:16+,מֶּ֑רִיJeremiah 12:12+; especially constructמְּרִיGenesis 4:3+; suffixמִּרְיִיProverbs 8:19,מֶּרְיְךָHosea 14:9,מִּרְיוֺGenesis 3:6+,וּפֶרְיְכֶםEzekiel 36:8,מְּרִיהֶםAm 9fruit; — absolute׳פHosea 9:16+,מֶּ֑רִיJeremiah 12:12+; especially constructמְּרִיGenesis 4:3+; suffixמִּרְיִיProverbs 8:19,מֶּרְיְךָHosea 14:9,מִּרְיוֺGenesis 3:6+,וּפֶרְיְכֶםEzekiel 36:8,מְּרִיהֶםAm
- fruit of the ground (semantic_range)
- offspring (semantic_range)
134t.Deuteronomy 33; pluralמְגָדִיםCant 4:13; Song 7:14; suffixמְגָדָיוCant 4:16 —excellence:excellent or choice things; always of gifts of nature:שָׁמַיִם׳מDeuteronomy 33:13i.e. (natural) gifts of he 134t.Deuteronomy 33; pluralמְגָדִיםCant 4:13; Song 7:14; suffixמְגָדָיוCant 4:16 —excellence:excellent or choice things; always of gifts of nature:שָׁמַיִם׳מDeuteronomy 33:13i.e. (natural) gifts of he
Fromkaphar; properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price -- b Fromkaphar; properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price -- b
- dig (semantic_range)
- dig (semantic_range)
- cave (semantic_range)
- basket, measure (semantic_range)
- cave, sepulchre (semantic_range)
compare √ענד), without difference of meaning (עמיin PentateuchGenesis 31:31;Genesis 39:7,12,14;Exodus 33:12;Leviticus 26:21,23,27,40 [H]Numbers 22:19; Joshua-Kings 13 t.;Psalm 42:9;Psalm 86:17;Job 10: compare √ענד), without difference of meaning (עמיin PentateuchGenesis 31:31;Genesis 39:7,12,14;Exodus 33:12;Leviticus 26:21,23,27,40 [H]Numbers 22:19; Joshua-Kings 13 t.;Psalm 42:9;Psalm 86:17;Job 10:
14; suffixנִרְדִּי תַן רֵיחוֺSongs 1:12; pluralנְרָדִיםSongs 4:13.נֵרִיָּהseeנֵרbelowנורTopical LexiconBotanical and Trade BackgroundNard (Nērd), obtained from the rhizome of the Himalayan plant Nardo 14; suffixנִרְדִּי תַן רֵיחוֺSongs 1:12; pluralנְרָדִיםSongs 4:13.נֵרִיָּהseeנֵרbelowנורTopical LexiconBotanical and Trade BackgroundNard (Nērd), obtained from the rhizome of the Himalayan plant Nardo
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates,.... These plants are the members of the church, true converts, believers in Christ; pleasant plants, plants of renown, planted in the church by Christ's heavenly Father, and shall never be plucked up; or, thy gardens, as it may be rendered (n); particular churches, well taken care of and watered; these make an orchard, or are like one, even a paradise, as the word (o) signifies:
it is generally thought to be a Persic word; see Neh 2:8 ; but Hillerus (p) derives it from to "separate", it being a garden, separated and enclosed as before; one like Eden's garden, exceeding pleasant and delightful: and not like an orchard of any sort of trees, but of "pomegranates", of which there were plenty in Canaan, hence called a "land of pomegranates", Deu 8:8 ; many places in it had their names from thence, Jos 15:32 . To which believers in Christ may be compared, for the various sorts of them (q), for their largeness, fruitfulness, and uprightness; saints have gifts and grace, differing from one another as to size, but all pomegranates, trees of righteousness; some are larger, and excel others, are full of all the fruits of righteousness; but all are, more or less, fruitful and upright in heart: and so the saints of the higher class may be here designed, as those of a lower are by other trees and spices after mentioned; with pleasant fruits; that are valuable, precious, and desirable, of which an enumeration follows: camphire, with spikenard; or "cypresses", or "cyprusses with nards" (r); both in the plural number: the former may intend cypress trees, so called on account of their berries and fruits growing in clusters; see Sol 1:14 ; and the latter, because there are different sorts of them, as "nardus Italica", "Indica", and "Celtica": to these saints may be compared, because pleasant and delightful, of a sweet smell, and rare and excellent. (n) Vid. Guisium in Misn. Sheviith, c. 2. s. 2. (o) Sept. "paradisus", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Cocceius, Marckius, Michaelis. (p) Onomastic. Sacr. p. 291. (q) Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 13. c. 19. (r) So Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.