רימון

Hebrew

A pomegranate on its tree

Etymology

Compare Arabic رُمَّانٌ (rummān) and Classical Syriac ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānā), ܐܪܡܘܢܐ (ʾarmōnā).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈmon/

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Noun

רימון / רִמּוֹן • (rimón) m (plural indefinite רמונים / רִמּוֹנִים)

1. pomegranate (fruit)
   • Tanach, Song of Songs 8:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אֶנְהָגֲךָ אֲבִיאֲךָ אֶל־בֵּית אִמִּי תְּלַמְּדֵנִי אַשְׁקְךָ מִיַּיִן הָרֶקַח מֵעֲסִיס רִמֹּנִי׃

     Enhagakhá avi'akhá el bét imí telamdéni; ashkekhá miyáyin harékakh, me'asís rimoní

     I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, That thou mightest instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Chagigah 15b:

     רַבִּי מֵאִיר רִמּוֹן מָצָא תּוֹכוֹ אָכַל קְלִיפָּתוֹ זָרַק

     Rabí Me'ír rimón matzá, tokhó akhál, klipató zarák.

     Rabbi Meir found a pomegranate, ate the inside, threw away the rind.

2. (Judaism) pomegranate-shaped decoration on the priestly robe
   • Tanach, Exodus 28:34, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     פַּעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמֹּון פַּעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמֹּון עַל־שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל סָבִיב׃

     Pa'amón zaháv verimón pa'amón zaháv verimón al shulé hame'íl savív

     A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.

3. grenade (weapon)

Derived terms

• רימונדה / רִמּוֹנָדָה (rimonáda)

Further reading

• H7416 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible