גֶּפֶן

גֶּ֫פֶן noun feminine^{Dom 9,13} + (masculine only Hos 10,1, perhaps influence of יִשְׂרָאֵל 2 Kong 4,39) vine (Late Hebrew id., Arabic (Yemen), Assyrian gapnu, compare Zehnpf^{BAS i. 633}; Aramaic גּוֺפַן, גֶּפֶן, , plural ) — ׳ג 1 Mos 40,9 + 38 t. (also construct, as 4 Mos 6,4; 5 Mos 32,32; Es 16,8; Es 16,9), גָּ֑פֶן Dom 9,12 + 2 t.; suffix גַּפְנִי Joel 1,7, גַּפְנְךָ Jer 5,17, גַּפְנוֺ 1 Kong 5,5 = 3 t., גַּפְנָהּ Hos 2,14, גַּפְנָם 5 Mos 32,32 + 2 t.; plural גְּפָנִים Hoj 2,13; Hab 3,17 — vine (always grape-bearing except 2 Kong 4,39) 1 Mos 40,9; 1 Mos 40,10 (in dream) 1 Mos 49,11; 4 Mos 20,5; 5 Mos 8,8; Dom 9,12; Dom 9,13 (in allegory) 1 Kong 5,5; 2 Kong 18,31 = Es 36,16; Sl 78,47; Sl 105,33; Hoj 2,13; Hoj 6,11; Hoj 7,13; Es 7,23; Es 24,7; Es 32,12; Jer 5,17; Jer 8,13; Hos 2,14; Joel 1,7; Joel 1,12; Joel 2,22; Mik 4,4; Hab 3,17; Hag 2,19; Zak 2,10; Zak 8,12; גֶּפֶן שָׂדֶה a vine bearing poisonous gourds 2 Kong 4,39 גֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן 4 Mos 6,4 (compare 1 Mos 40,10; Dom 9,13) Dom 13,14 אֶשְׁכְּלוֺת הַגֶּפֶן Hoj 8,9 עֵץ הַגֶּפֶן Ezk 15,2; Ezk 15,6 in simile of stars fading away at Yahweh's judgment Es 34,4 in simile of wicked losing early promise Job 15,33 in simile of wife Sl 128,3 figurative of Israel Sl 80,9; Sl 80,15; Ezk 17,6 (twice in verse); Ezk 17,7; Ezk 17,8; Hos 10,1 compare Ezk 19,10; Jer 2,21; Jer 6,9 also Hos 14,8 figurative of Israel as easily destroyed Ezk 15,2; Ezk 15,6 figurative of godless enemies of Israel 5 Mos 32,32 compare Di; גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה figurative for prosperity of Moab Es 16,8; Es 16,9; Jer 48,32. — On the vine in Syria compare Anderlind^{ZPV 1888, 160 ff}.