תפוח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־פ־ח (t-p-kh)

Related to Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ) and Ugaritic 𐎚𐎔𐎈 (tpḥ); the word is not attested in Aramaic. Sometimes claimed to be from the roots נ־פ־ח (n-p-ḥ, “to scent”) or ת־פ־ח (t-p-ḥ, “be round”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /taˈpuaχ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [taːˈpuːwaħ]
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /tappuːħa/

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Noun

תַּפּוּחַ • (tapúakh) m (plural indefinite תַּפּוּחִים, singular construct תַּפּוּחַ־)

1. apple
   • Tanach, Song of Songs 2:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     כְּתַפּוּחַ בַּעֲצֵי הַיַּעַר כֵּן דּוֹדִי בֵּין הַבָּנִים

     kətappúaḥ ba'atsḗ hayyá'ar ken dodí bēn habbaním

     As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood,
     So is my beloved among the sons.

Declension

Declension of תַּפּוּחַ

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	תַּפּוּחַ	first	תַּפּוּחִי		תַּפּוּחֵנוּ
	definite	הַתַּפּוּחַ	second	תַּפּוּחֲךָ	תַּפּוּחֵךְ	תַּפּוּחֲכֶם	תַּפּוּחֲכֶן
	construct	תַּפּוּחַ־	third	תַּפּוּחוֹ	תַּפּוּחָהּ	תַּפּוּחָם	תַּפּוּחָן
plural	indefinite	תַּפּוּחִים	first	תפוחיי / תַּפּוּחַי		תַּפּוּחֵינוּ
	definite	הַתַּפּוּחִים	second	תַּפּוּחֶיךָ	תפוחייך / תַּפּוּחַיִךְ	תַּפּוּחֵיכֶם	תַּפּוּחֵיכֶן
	construct	תַּפּוּחֵי־	third	תַּפּוּחָיו	תַּפּוּחֶיהָ	תַּפּוּחֵיהֶם	תַּפּוּחֵיהֶן

Synonyms

• תפוח עץ (tapúakh éts)

Derived terms

• תַּפּוּז (tapúz)
• תַּפּוּחַ אֲדָמָה (tapúakh adamá)

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 212–235
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 155–156
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “תַּפּוּחַ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[3], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 712

Further reading

• H8598 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• פחות
• פתוח