פישון
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Supposedly from the root פ־ו־שׁ (p-v-sh) or פ־י־שׁ (p-y-sh), meaning "to spring about".
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /pi.ˈʃon/
Proper noun edit
פִּישׁוֹן • (pishón) m
- Pishon, a river of 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 edit
- Only used once in the Bible, in the passage quoted above.