שׁוּשַׁן

I. שׁוּשַׁן, שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן noun masculine שׁוֺשַׁנָּה noun feminine usually lily, probably any lily-like flower (Tristr^{NHB 462 ff.} Post^{Hast. DB LILY} Löw^{No. 323}; Late Hebrew שׁוֺשַׁנָּה, Arabic (Vulgar ), especially iris, Aramaic שׁוּשַׁנְתָּא, (PS⁴³⁴⁴), Greek σοῦσον Lewy^{Fremdw. 48}; original loan-word from Egyptian sššn, šôš§n, Erman^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 117}); — lily: in simile, יִפְרַח כַּשּׁוֺשַׁנָּה Hos 14,7 (of Israel), בֵּין הַחוֺחִים ׳כְּשׁוֺ Hoj 2,2 (simile of bride), so construct שׁוֺשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים vHoj 2,1 (compare חֲבַצֶּלֶת); plural שׁוֺשַׁנִּים Hoj 2,16; Hoj 4,5; Hoj 6,2; Hoj 6,3; Hoj 7,3 and (figurative of lover's lips) Hoj 5,13 of flower-shaped capitals of pillars, מַעֲשֵׂה שׁוּשַׁן 1 Kong 7,19, שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן ׳מ v1 Kong 7,22 compare פֶּרַח שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן of brim of molten sea v1 Kong 7,26, || שׁוֺשַׁנָה ׳פ 2 Kron 4,5 elsewhere only Psalm-titles: עַשֹֿׁשַׁנִּים Sl 45,1; Sl 69,1, עַלשֿׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת Sl 60,1, אֶלשֿׁשַׁגִּם עֵדוּת Sl 80,1 meaning not clear, see Bae and Commentaries al.; yet compare עֵדוּת, below עוד.