זְמוֹרָה
ze.mo.rah
branch
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "זְמוֹרָה" (ze.mo.rah) is defined as a "branch." This term is part of the broader semantic domain of Creation & Nature, indicating its connection to the natural world. The word appears five times in the Bible, suggesting its importance in various contexts. Given its definition, "branch" likely refers to a part of a tree or a branch of a plant. This interpretation is supported by its usage in the Bible, where it may describe a specific part of a tree or a vine. The significance of this word lies in its connection to the natural world and the cyclical patterns of growth and decay. As a branch, it represents a part of a larger whole, highlighting the interconnectedness of creation.
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Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.
Ezekiel 8:17Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger. Behold, they put the branch to their nose.
Ezekiel 15:2“Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Nahum 2:2For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches.
Numbers 13:23They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.