Lexical Definition

‎תַּפּוּחַ‎ tappûwach (tap-poo'-akh) apple ^H:N-M
from ‎נָפַח‎

apple (tree). See also ‎בֵּית תַּפּוּחַ‎.

• an apple (from its fragrance), i.e. the fruit or the tree (probably includ. others of the pome order, as the quince, the orange, etc.)

1) apple, apple tree
1a) apple tree
1b) apples

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎תַּפּוּחַ‎ noun [masculine] apple-tree, apple (from aromatic scent (breath), Thes Lag^{BN 111, 129} Post (see below); Arabic is loan-word Frä ¹⁴⁰; on meaning apple see Löw^{No. 109} RS^{JPh xiii. 65 f.} Post^{Hast. Dict. Bib. 'Apple'}) **see also Hom^{A. u. A. 100, 106, 107}; Tristr^{NHB 334 f.} thinks ‎׳‎‎ת‎ = apricot (so Id.^{Smith DB (2) APPLE}); M'Lean-Dyer^{EB APPLE} makes ‎׳‎‎ת‎ = quince. —

1. singular ‎תַּפּוּחַ‎ apple-tree Joel 1:12; Song 2:3; Song 8:5.

2. plural ‎תַּפּוּחִים‎ apples Song 2:5, ‎׳‎‎רֵיחַ אַפֵּךְ כַּתּ‎ Song 7:9* ‎תַּפּוּחֵי זָהָב‎ Prov 25:4 (in simile).

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