Lexicon
שָׁתִיל
she.til
H8363
H:N-M Hebrew

shoot

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she.til denotes shoots, pictured as olive shoots around a table in Psalm 128:3.

The attested use portrays shoots in a household image: in Psalm 128:3, the masculine plural construct form occurs in the comparison of sons with olive shoots around the table.

Senses in use

  1. Shoots in a household comparison · dominant

    In Psalm 128:3, the masculine plural construct form occurs in the clause comparing sons to olive shoots around a table; the APB renders the image as “your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 128:3, the APB presents the image as “olive shoots” around the table. The precise contribution of the construct form is limited to the clause-level image.

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