Lexical Definition

‎אֵב‎ ʼêb (abe) greenery ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎אָבִיב‎

greenness, fruit.

• a green plant

1) freshness, fresh green, green shoots, or greenery

See Greek: γεννάω · καρπός · ῥίζα

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ev (‎א‎ֵ‎ב‎ "fruit" אֵב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: אֵב
[‎אֵב‎] noun [masculine] freshness, fresh green (Lag^{BN 207} Infinitive ibb; thence concrete, compare Arabic ; above stem & meaning better than √ ‎אנב‎ (spring) compare Assyrian inbu, fruit, Aramaic ‎אִנְבֵּהּ‎ (q. v.) Dl^{HA 65, Prov 114}) ‎עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבּוֺ‎ while yet in its freshness (i.e. ‎אָחוּ‎, reed) Job 8:12 concrete, plural green shoots ‎בְּאִבֵּי הַנַּחַל‎ Song 6:11 (|| ‎הֲפָֽרְחָה הַגֶּפֶן הֵנֵצוּ הָֽרִמֹּנִים׃‎.

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