רימון
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A pomegranate on its tree
Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Arabic رُمَّانٌ (rummān) and Classical Syriac ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānā), ܐܪܡܘܢܐ (ʾarmōnā).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁiˈmon/
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Noun
רימון / רִמּוֹן • (rimón) m (plural indefinite רמונים / רִמּוֹנִים)
- pomegranate (the fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart)
- Tanach, Song of Songs 8:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אֶנְהָגֲךָ אֲבִיאֲךָ אֶל־בֵּית אִמִּי תְּלַמְּדֵנִי אַשְׁקְךָ מִיַּיִן הָרֶקַח מֵעֲסִיס רִמֹּנִי׃
- Enhagakhá avi'akhá el bét imí telamdéni; ashkekhá miyáyin harékakh, me'asís rimoní
- I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, That thou mightest instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Chagigah 15b:
- רַבִּי מֵאִיר רִמּוֹן מָצָא תּוֹכוֹ אָכַל קְלִיפָּתוֹ זָרַק
- Rabí Me'ír rimón matzá, tokhó akhál, klipató zarák.
- Rabbi Meir found a pomegranate, ate the inside, threw away the rind.
- (Judaism) pomegranate-shaped decoration on the priestly robe
- Tanach, Exodus 28:34, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- פַּעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמֹּון פַּעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמֹּון עַל־שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל סָבִיב׃
- Pa'amón zaháv verimón pa'amón zaháv verimón al shulé hame'íl savív
- A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
- grenade (a small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket)
Derived terms
- רימונדה / רִמּוֹנָדָה (rimonáda)
References
- H7416 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “רימון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
רימון on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
