Lexical Summary abiyyonah: the caperberry Original Word: אֲבִיּוֹנָהTransliteration: abiyyonah Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-yo-naw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: the caperberry Meaning: provocative of desire, the caper berry Strong's Concordance desire From 'abah; provocative of desire; the caper berry (from its stimulative taste) -- desire. see HEBREW 'abah Brown-Driver-Briggs H35. abiyyonah אֲבִיּוֺנָה noun feminine caper-berry (as stimulating desire) Ecclesiastes 12:5 (see GFMJBL 1891, 55 ff.; so ᵑ9 ᵐ5, Mishna אביונות, compare NHWB; see also ᵑ6; i.e. capparis spinosa, compare RiHWB; so Thes, Ew De, etc.; but Wetzst in De (German ed. 1875) proposes אֶבְיוֺנָה (as feminine of אביון) the poor soul in sense = הָאֶבְיוֺנָה נִשְׁמָתוֺ compare Symm ᵑ6, where double translation). |
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