Lexicon
עֲנַף
a.naph
H6056
A:N-M Hebrew

bough

4
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

a.naph denotes a tree’s branching parts within the dream material of Daniel.

The attested forms point to the branching parts of the tree described within Daniel’s dream material; the surrounding verses preserve the dream scene and its requested interpretation.

Senses in use

  1. Tree branches in dream material · dominant

    All attested forms are common masculine plural construct. In Daniel 4:11, two forms occur in the scene where the APB renders, “The tree grew and became strong”; Daniel 4:9 and Daniel 4:18 place the material within the king’s dream and its interpretation, though the translation does not isolate the term’s contribution.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding tree scene in Daniel 4:11 and the dream-interpretation setting in Daniel 4:9 and Daniel 4:18, but it does not visibly supply a separate English rendering for this term.

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