Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3 - אֵב eb (freshness)

Original Word:	אֵב
Transliteration:	eb
Definition:	freshness, fresh green
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(abe)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

greenness, fruit

From the same as 'abiyb; a green plant -- greenness, fruit.

see HEBREW 'abiyb

Englishman's Concordance

1) freshness, fresh green, green shoots, or greenery
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from the same as H24
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[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 בְאִבּוֺwhile yet in its freshness (i.e. אָחוּ, reed) Job 8:12; concrete, plural green shootsבְּאִבֵּי הַנַּחַלSongs 6:11 ("" הֲפָֽרְחָה הַגֶּפֶן הֵנֵצוּ הָֽרִמֹּנִים׃.

[אֵב K^{§ 55, 5 a) 2}] noun masculinefruit (Biblical Hebrew; √ אבב); — suffix 3 masculine singular אִנְבֵהּ (K^{§ 11, 4 b}) Daniel 4:9; Daniel 4:11; Daniel 4:18.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3. אֵב (eb) — 2 Occurrences

Job 8:12
HEB: עֹדֶ֣נּוּ בְ֭אִבּוֹ לֹ֣א יִקָּטֵ֑ף
NAS: While it is still green [and] not cut down,
KJV:Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down,
INT: is still green not cut

Songs 6:11
HEB:יָרַ֔דְתִּי לִרְא֖וֹת בְּאִבֵּ֣י הַנָּ֑חַל לִרְאוֹת֙
NAS: To see the blossoms of the valley,
KJV: to see the fruits of the valley,
INT: went to see the blossoms of the valley to see

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