תַּפּוּחַtappûwach
apple-tree, apple, from aromatic scent (breath)
Pronunciation: tap-poo'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8598
Meanings
1. apple-tree (Joel 1:12; Song of Solomon 2:3; Song of Solomon 8:5)
2. apples (Song of Solomon 2:5; Song of Solomon 7:9; Proverbs 25:4)
Same root
- נָפַחnâphach · H5301to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)
- בֵּית תַּפּוּחַBêyth Tappûwach · H1054Beth-Tappuach, a place in Palestine
- עֵין תַּפּוּחַʻÊyn Tappûwach · H5887En-Tappuach, a place in Palestine
- תַּפּוּחַTappûwach · H8599Tappuach, the name of two places in Palestine, also of an Israelite
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Proverbs 25:11 Timely advice is lovely, like golden apples in a silver basket.
- Song of Solomon 2:3 Like the finest apple tree in the orchard is my lover among other young men. I sit in his delightful shade and taste his delicious fruit.
- Song of Solomon 2:5 Strengthen me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am weak with love.
- Song of Solomon 7:8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree and take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like grape clusters, and the fragrance of your breath like apples.
- Song of Solomon 8:5 Who is this sweeping in from the desert, leaning on her lover? I aroused you under the apple tree, where your mother gave you birth, where in great pain she delivered you.
- Joel 1:12 The grapevines have dried up, and the fig trees have withered. The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees— all the fruit trees—have dried up. And the people’s joy has dried up with them.
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).