סְנֶהçᵉneh
a bramble
Pronunciation: sen-eh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5572
Meanings
a thorny bush, perhaps blackberry bush (Exodus 3:2; Exodus 3:4; Exodus 3:3; Deuteronomy 33:16)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 3:2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up.
- Exodus 3:3 “This is amazing,” Moses said to himself. “Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must go see it.”
- Exodus 3:4 When the Lord saw Moses coming to take a closer look, God called to him from the middle of the bush, “Moses! Moses!” “Here I am!” Moses replied.
- Deuteronomy 33:16 with the best gifts of the earth and its bounty, and the favor of the one who appeared in the burning bush. May these blessings rest on Joseph’s head, crowning the brow of the prince among his brothers.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).