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# תַּפּוּחַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8598

**apple-tree** — used 6 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

apple-tree [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8598/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תַּפּוּחַ: apple-tree, apple [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8598/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] apple-tree, apple (from aromatic scent (breath), Thes Lag BN 111, 129 Post (v. infr.); Arabic تُفّاحٌ is loan-wd. Frä 140; on meaning apple v. Löw No. 109 RSJPhl. xiii. 65 f. Post Hast Dict. Bib. Apple) v. also HomA. u. A 100, 106, 107; TristrNHB 334 f. thinks ת׳ = apricot (so Id.Smith DB (2) apple); M’Lean-DyerEB apple makes ת׳ = quince.v. also HomA. u. A 100, 106, 107; TristrNHB 334 f. thinks ת׳ = apricot (so Id.Smith DB (2) apple); M’Lean-DyerEB apple makes ת׳ = quince.— sg. תַּפּוּח apple-tree Jo 1:12; Ct 2:3; 8:5. pl. תַּפּוּחִים apples Ct 2:5, רֵיח אַפֵּךְ כַּתּ׳ 7:9; תַּפּוּחֵי זָהָב Pr 25:11 (in sim.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: apples (3); an apple tree (1); apple tree (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 25:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.11/#tree)

תַּפּוּחֵ֣י זָ֭הָב בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת כָּ֑סֶף דָּ֝בָ֗ר דָּבֻ֥ר עַל־אָפְנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* apples of.gold in carvings of.silver a.word spoken on times its.proper

*JPS 1917:* A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

[Song of Songs 2:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.5/#tree)

סַמְּכ֙וּנִי֙ בָּֽאֲשִׁישׁ֔וֹת רַפְּד֖וּנִי בַּתַּפּוּחִ֑ים כִּי־חוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* sustain me with (the) raisin-cakes refresh me with (the) apples (dm) \[am\].weak of.love I

*JPS 1917:* 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.'

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8598/): 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).