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# זְמוֹרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2156

**branch** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

branch [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2156/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זְמוֹרָה: branch, twig, shoot [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2156/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] branch, twig, shoot—abs. ז׳ Nu 13:23, הַוּ׳ Ez 8:17; 15:2; cstr. זְמֹרַת Is 17:10; sf. זְמֹרֵיהֶם Na 2:3;—branch of grape-vine Nu 13:23 (JE), Eze 15:2; branch, twig (Co Reissigbündel) used in idolatrous worship הַוּ׳ אֶל־אַפָּם Ez 8:17 (v. Sm and most), but custom obscure (v. Da), and text dub.; זְמֹרַת זָר (cf. Ew§ 287 b) Is 17:10 twigs of a strange one (i.e. of a strange god) fig. of idolatrous cults adopted by Isr.; ז׳ pl. in fig. of Israelites Na 2:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: branch (2); a vine branch (1); their vine (1).

## In the verses

[Nahum 2:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.3/#tree)

כִּ֣י שָׁ֤ב יְהוָה֙ אֶת־גְּא֣וֹן יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּגְא֖וֹן יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֤י בְקָקוּם֙ בֹּֽקְקִ֔ים וּזְמֹרֵיהֶ֖ם שִׁחֵֽתוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.will.restore Yahweh (et) the.majesty of.Jacob like the.majesty of.Israel (dm) they have.laid.waste.to.them \[those.who\].lay.waste and their.vine branches they.have.destroyed

*JPS 1917:* For the LORD restoreth the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine-branches. —

[Ezekiel 15:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.15.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.15.2/#tree)

בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם מַה־יִּֽהְיֶ֥ה עֵץ־הַגֶּ֖פֶן מִכָּל־עֵ֑ץ הַזְּמוֹרָ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה בַּעֲצֵ֥י הַיָּֽעַר׃

*Word for word:* O.son of.humankind what? is.it the.wood of the.vine more than.any tree the.vine branch which it.is among the.trees of the.forest

*JPS 1917:* 'Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine branch which grew up among the trees of the forest?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2156.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2156/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).