branch
ze.mo.rah denotes a woody plant part, seen cut with grapes, sown, or situated among trees.
The attested use concerns a woody plant part: it is cut with a grape cluster, sown in planting, and identified among trees; other clauses place it in a gesture toward the face and alongside cypresses.
Senses in use
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Woody plant part in vine and tree settings · dominant
In Numbers 13:23, the singular absolute form is the item cut from the valley together with a single cluster of grapes; in Isaiah 17:10, the singular construct form is what is sown in a planting. Ezekiel 15:2 places the singular absolute form among the trees of the wood, while Ezekiel 8:17 describes people sending it to their face; Nahum 2:3 uses a plural construct form in the clause where the APB says that “the cypresses quivered,” though the translation does not isolate the term's contribution.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “branch” in Numbers 13:23, Ezekiel 15:2, Ezekiel 8:17, and Isaiah 17:10. In Nahum 2:3 it instead renders the clause with “the cypresses quivered”; Its exact rendering of the plural construct form is unclear.