יְנִיקָה
yᵉnîyqâh · H3242 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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shoot, twig
A slender shoot growing from the branch of a tree
ExamplesEzekiel 17:4 “He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּhis 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- נֵצֶר nêtser · H5342 · sprout, shoot, branch
- Hebrew term for a shoot or sprout, often used of new growth from a tree or plant; semantically parallel to יְנִיקָה as both denote young plant growth.
- חֹטֵר chôṭêr · H2415 · shoot, branch
- Hebrew term for a rod or twig; closely related in meaning to יְנִיקָה as both refer to slender branches or shoots.
- שָׂרִיג sârîyg · H8299 · branch, tendril
- Hebrew term for a tendril or slender branch of a vine; semantically similar to יְנִיקָה in denoting thin, flexible plant growth.
In the other Testament 2 words
- κλάδος kládos · G2798 · branch (of a tree or woody shrub)
- Standard Greek term for a branch or twig of a tree; natural translation equivalent for the Hebrew term denoting a young shoot or twig.
- κλῆμα klēma · G2814 · branch (principally of grapevines)
- Greek term for a branch or shoot, particularly of a vine; viable translation equivalent for a young plant shoot or twig.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Trees001002007002
- יְנִיקָה denotes a young, tender twig or shoot, describing the fragile new growth Ezekiel's allegory pictures being planted (Ezekiel 17:22).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3242. yeniqah [יְנִיקָה] noun feminine id., only plural suffix יְנִיקוֺתָיו Eze 17:4 of…
[יְנִיקָה] noun feminine id., only plural suffix יְנִיקוֺתָיו Eze 17:4 of Israel under figure of cedar.
יַנְשׁוֺף יַנְשׁוּף, see below נשׁף.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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