רימון
Hebrew
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Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Classical Syriac ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānā) and Arabic رُمَّانٌ (rummān).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁiˈmon/
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Noun
[edit]רימון / רִמּוֹן • (rimón) m (plural indefinite רמונים / רִמּוֹנִים, singular construct רימון / רִמּוֹן־, plural construct רימוני / רִמּוֹנֵי־)
- pomegranate (the fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart)
- Tanach, Song of Songs 8:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אֶנְהָגֲךָ אֲבִיאֲךָ אֶל־בֵּית אִמִּי תְּלַמְּדֵנִי אַשְׁקְךָ מִיַּיִן הָרֶקַח מֵעֲסִיס רִמֹּנִי׃
- Enhagakhá avi'akhá el bét imí telamdéni; ashkekhá miyáyin harékakh, me'asís rimoní
- I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, That thou mightest instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Chagigah 15b:
- רַבִּי מֵאִיר רִמּוֹן מָצָא תּוֹכוֹ אָכַל קְלִיפָּתוֹ זָרַק
- Rabí Me'ír rimón matzá, tokhó akhál, klipató zarák.
- Rabbi Meir found a pomegranate, ate the inside, threw away the rind.
- (Judaism) pomegranate-shaped decoration on the priestly robe
- Tanach, Exodus 28:34, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- פַּעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמֹּון פַּעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמֹּון עַל־שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל סָבִיב׃
- Pa'amón zaháv verimón pa'amón zaháv verimón al shulé hame'íl savív
- A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
- grenade (a small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket)
Declension
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | רִמּוֹן | first | רִמּוֹנִי | רִמּוֹנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָרִמּוֹן | second | רִמּוֹנְךָ | רִמּוֹנֵךְ | רִמּוֹנְכֶם | רִמּוֹנְכֶן | |
| construct | רִמּוֹן־ | third | רִמּוֹנוֹ | רִמּוֹנָהּ | רִמּוֹנָם | רִמּוֹנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | רִמּוֹנִים | first | רמוניי / רִמּוֹנַי | רִמּוֹנֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָרִמּוֹנִים | second | רִמּוֹנֶיךָ | רמונייך / רִמּוֹנַיִךְ | רִמּוֹנֵיכֶם | רִמּוֹנֵיכֶן | |
| construct | רִמּוֹנֵי־ | third | רִמּוֹנָיו | רִמּוֹנֶיהָ | רִמּוֹנֵיהֶם | רִמּוֹנֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
[edit]- רימונדה / רִמּוֹנָדָה (rimonáda)
References
[edit]- H7416 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “רִמּוֹן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 619c
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1481b
- “רימון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
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רימון on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
