פישון

Hebrew

Etymology

Supposedly from the root פ־ו־שׁ (p-v-sh) or פ־י־שׁ (p-y-sh), meaning "to spring about".

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pi.ˈʃon/

Proper noun

פִּישׁוֹן • (pishón) m

1. Pishon (one of the four rivers in Eden)
   • Tanach, Genesis 2:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישֹׁון הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב׃

     The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Usage notes

• Only used once in the Bible, in the passage quoted above.

References

• H6376 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible