עָנָף
ʻânâph · aw-nawf'
a twig (as covering the limbs)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to cover;
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 עָנָף 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- branches2 · 29%
- trees, and the boughs1 · 14%
- of it, and the boughs1 · 14%
- boughs1 · 14%
- your branches1 · 14%
- nor branch1 · 14%
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.