Lexical Summary shushan or shoshan or shoshannah: probably lily (or any lily-like flower) Original Word: שׁוּשַׁןTransliteration: shushan or shoshan or shoshannah Phonetic Spelling: (shoo-shan') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: probably lily (or any lily-like flower) Meaning: a lily, as a, flower of architectural ornament, a, trumpet Strong's Concordance Showshan, shoshanOr showshan {sho-shawn'}; or shoshan {sho- shawn'}; and (feminine) showshannah {sho-shan-naw'}; from suws; a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. Ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape): lily, Shoshannim. see HEBREW suws Brown-Driver-Briggs H7799. shushan or shoshan or shoshannah I. שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן שׁוּשַׁן, noun masculine שׁוֺשַׁנָּה noun feminine usually lily, probably any lily-like flower (TristrNHB 462 ff. PostHast. DB LILY LöwNo. 323; Late Hebrew שׁוֺשַׁנָּה, Arabic (Vulgar ), especially iris, Aramaic שׁוּשַׁנְתָּא, (PS4344), Greek σοῦσον LewyFremdw. 48; original loan-word from Egyptian sššn, šôš§n, ErmanZMG xlvi (1892), 117); — lily: in simile, כַּשּׁוֺשַׁנָּה יִפְרַח Hosea 14:7 (of Israel), ׳כְּשׁוֺ הַחוֺחִים בֵּין Song of Solomon 2:2 (simile of bride), so construct הָעֲמָקִים שׁוֺשַׁנַּת 2:1 (compare חֲבַצֶּלֶת); plural שׁוֺשַׁנִּים 2:16; 4:5; 6:2-3, 7:3 and (figurative of lover's lips) 5:13; of flower-shaped capitals of pillars, שׁוּשַׁן מַעֲשֵׂה 1 Kings 7:19, ׳מ שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן 7:22; compare שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן מֶּרַח of brim of molten sea 7:26, "" ׳פ שׁוֺשַׁנָה2 Chronicles 4:5; elsewhere only Psalm-titles: עַשֹֿׁשַׁנִּים Psalm 45:1; 69:1, עֵדוּת עַלשֿׁוּשַׁן 60:1, עֵדוּת אֶלשֿׁשַׁגִּם 80:1; meaning not clear, see Bae and Commentaries al.; yet compare עֵדוּת, below עוד. |
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