גִּנָּה

פַּרְדֵּס pardêç · H6508 · park, forest, orchard

פַּרְדֵּס refers to a larger, more elaborate cultivated area, often a royal park or orchard with trees and possibly exotic plants. While גִּנָּה is a general term for garden, פַּרְדֵּס emphasizes grandeur and scale, though both denote cultivated outdoor spaces.

מִדְבָּר midbâr · H4057 · steppe, desert, wilderness

מִדְבָּר (wilderness/desert) is the lexical opposite of גִּנָּה (garden) in that it denotes uncultivated, barren, wild land lacking water and vegetation, in direct contrast to the cultivated, watered, fertile character of a garden.

חׇרְבָּה chorbâh · H2723 · desolation, ruin, uninhabitable place

חָרְבָּה denotes a desolate, ruined, or waste place, the opposite state of the cultivated fertility represented by גִּנָּה. A garden implies care and life; חָרְבָּה implies abandonment and barrenness.

κῆπος kēpos · G2779 · garden, orchard

κῆπος is the standard Greek term for a cultivated garden or garden plot, the direct translation equivalent of Hebrew גִּנָּה. Both refer to enclosed, cultivated areas for growing plants, vegetables, or trees.

Landscapes001002004

This lexeme has no tagged occurrence in the running text of the tagged critical edition, so this “Landscapes” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexeme גַּנָּה (gannâh, H1593) rather than independently attested here.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.