גַּן

גַּן noun masculine^{Hoj 4,12} & (1 Mos 2,15) feminine enclosure, garden (Late Hebrew id., גַּנָּה Arabic , Ethiopic Assyrian ginû COT^Gloss, also gannatu Dl^{Pr 84}; Aramaic גִּנָּא, גִּנְתָּא, ; Phoenician פר אגנן אם צץ[צ] CIS^{i, 165, 11 & p. 232 f.} birds of enclosure (domestic fowls) or of wing) — absolute גַּן 1 Mos 2,8 + 3 t.; construct id. 1 Mos 2,15 + 19 t.; with article הַגָּן 1 Mos 2,9 + 9 t., but כַּגַּן Klg 2,6 suffix גַּנִּי Hoj 4,16; Hoj 5,1, גַּנּוֺ Hoj 4,16; Hoj 6,2 Plural גַּנִּים Hoj 4,15 + 2 t. — garden as enclosure Klg 2,6 (simile); הַיּוֺשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים Hoj 8,13 compare Hoj 4,12 (figurative of, bride גַּן נָעוּל); g. of herbs (יָרָק) 5 Mos 11,10; 1 Kong 21,2 figurative of bride, g. of plants, fruits, and spices Hoj 4,16 (twice in verse); Hoj 5,1; Hoj 6,2 (twice in verse) compare מַעְיַן גנים Hoj 4,15 g. of (king's) house) 2 Kong 21,18 = גַּןעֻֿזָּא 2 Kong 21,18; 2 Kong 21,26 גַּן הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Kong 25,4; Jer 39,4; Jer 52,7; Neh 3,15, compare בֵּית הַגָּן) 2 Kong 9,27 (at Jez-reel ? but this perhaps proper name, of a location see below בית p. III ); most often of garden (orchard ?) in Eden (Hexateuch only Gen & only J) 1 Mos 2,8; 1 Mos 2,9; 1 Mos 2,10; 1 Mos 2,16; 1 Mos 3,1; 1 Mos 3,2; 1 Mos 3,3; 1 Mos 3,8 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 3,10, called גַּןעֵֿדֶן 1 Mos 2,15; 1 Mos 3,23; 1 Mos 3,24; Ezk 36,35; Joel 2,3, compare ׳גןיֿ 1 Mos 13,10; Es 51,3 (both in simile); גןאֿלהים Ezk 28,13 (׳עֵדֶן גןאֿל), Ezk 31,8 (twice in verse); Ezk 31,9 (|| עֵדֶן); in last three the trees of the garden are compare with Assyrian under figure of cedar of Lebanon.