אביונה
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Hebrew
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- אֶבְיֹונָה (ʔɛḇyoná, evyoná) (Mishnaic Hebrew)
Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of חָבִית (ḥɔḇiṯ, khavít, “cask, barrel”), owing to its shape. The lewd meaning is a late misinterpretation of textual sources after the root א־ב־ה (a-b-h).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]אֲבִיּוֹנָה • (ʔăḇiyyonɔ, aviyoná) f
- (Biblical Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew) caperberry, fruit of the caperbush
- (rare) orgasm
- Synonym: אוֹרְגַּזְמָה (orgázma)
References
[edit]- Delitzsch, Franz, Keil, Carl Friedrich (1875) Biblischer Commentar über das Alte Testament. Vierter Theil. Poetische Bücher. Vierter Band: Hoheslied und Koheleth[1] (in German), Erste edition, Leipzig: Dörffling und Franke, pages 400–402
- H35 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 326