Abstract
The word (sansinna¯yw; 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 sansinna¯yw 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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 751-756 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Religious studies
- Literature and Literary Theory