Lexical Definition

‎עָנָף‎ ʻânâph (aw-nawf') branch ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to cover

bough, branch.

• a twig (as covering the limbs)

1) bough, branch

See Greek: κλάδος · κλῆμα · πρόσωπον

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: a.naph (‎ע‎ֲ‎נ‎ַ‎ף‎ "bough" עֲנַף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עָנָף‎ noun [masculine] branch(es), bough(s); — usually singular collective, absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ branches of vine Ezek 17:8, plural only suffix ‎עֲנָפֶיהָ‎ Ps 80:11* (both in figure); boughs of tree, construct ‎עֲנַף‎ Lev 23:40, suffix (as if from ‎עֶנֶף ֗֗֗ ‎ Kö^{ii. 1, 74}) ‎עַנְפְּכֶם‎ Ezek 36:8 singular absolute (in figurative) Mal 3:19*, of cedar Ezek 17:23; Ezek 31:3.

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