תפוח
Hebrew
editEtymology
edit| Root |
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| ת־פ־ח (t-p-kh) |
Related to Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ) and Ugaritic 𐎚𐎔𐎈 (tpḥ); the word is not attested in Aramaic. Sometimes claimed to be from the roots נ־פ־ח (n-p-ḥ, “to scent”) or ת־פ־ח (t-p-ḥ, “be round”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /taˈpuaχ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [taːˈpuːwaħ]
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /tappuːħa/
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Noun
editתַּפּוּחַ • (tapúakh) m (plural indefinite תַּפּוּחִים, singular construct תַּפּוּחַ־)
- apple
- Tanach, Song of Songs 2:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- כְּתַפּוּחַ בַּעֲצֵי הַיַּעַר כֵּן דּוֹדִי בֵּין הַבָּנִים
- kətappúaḥ ba'atsḗ hayyá'ar ken dodí bēn habbaním
- As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood,
So is my beloved among the sons.
Synonyms
edit- תפוח עץ (tapúakh éts)
Derived terms
edit- תַּפּוּז (tapúz)
- תַּפּוּחַ אֲדָמָה (tapúakh adamá)
References
edit- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 212–235
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 155–156
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “תַּפּוּחַ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[3], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 712