עֲנַף
ʻănaph · an-af'
{a twig (as covering the limbs)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or עֶנֶף; (Aramaic), corresponding to H6057 (עָנָף)
{a twig (as covering the limbs)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bough, branch.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word
To see and know of the seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲנַף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his branches2 · 50%
- in the boughs1 · 25%
- and upon whose branches1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.