(sansinnāyw; Song of Songs 7:9) and the Palpal Noun Pattern

The word (sansinnāyw; Song 7:9) is a hapax legomenon, and there is no scholarly consensus about its meaning. It has been variously identified as denoting the branches of a date palm, clusters of dates, or the blossoms or the fruit of a date palm. The word sansinnāyw belongs to the class of noun patt...

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Main Author: Viezel, Eran (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholar's Press 2014
In: Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2014, Volume: 133, Issue: 4, Pages: 751-756
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Summary:The word (sansinnāyw; Song 7:9) is a hapax legomenon, and there is no scholarly consensus about its meaning. It has been variously identified as denoting the branches of a date palm, clusters of dates, or the blossoms or the fruit of a date palm. The word sansinnāyw belongs to the class of noun pattern termed palpal (). This article maintains that some of the words of the palpal noun pattern share a common semantic characteristic. This characteristic enables one to determine the precise meaning of the word a fruit-laden cluster of dates.
ISSN:1934-3876
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/jbl.2014.0058