Lexicon
נָצַץ
na.tsats
H5132B
H:V Hebrew

to bud

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Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

na.tsats refers to plants coming into bud or bloom in garden and vineyard imagery.

The two occurrences portray vegetation reaching a budding or flowering stage: vines and pomegranates in Song of Songs 6:11, with the same form appearing amid fragrant mandrakes and stored fruits in Song of Songs 7:13.

Senses in use

  1. Plants reaching the budding or flowering stage · dominant

    Both verses use הֵנֵ֖צוּ as a Hiphil Perfect, 3rd Common Pl verb in plant imagery. In Song of Songs 6:11 the APB renders the surrounding observation as seeing whether “the vines had flowered and the pomegranates were in bud”; in Song of Songs 7:13 the same form occurs amid mandrakes giving fragrance and choice fruits at the doors.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Song of Songs 6:11, the APB presents the plant setting with “the vines had flowered and the pomegranates were in bud.” In Song of Songs 7:13, it presents the surrounding scene through fragrance and choice fruits, so the term's specific English rendering is not isolable from the translation.

Across Scripture