H2156 - זְמוֹרָה (zᵉmôwrâh)

H2156 זְמוֹרָה (zᵉmôwrâh) zem-o-raw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

or zmorah {zem-o-raw'} (feminine); and zmor {zem-ore'} (masculine); from 2168; a twig (as pruned)

KJV Usage: vine, branch, slip

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

זְמוֹרָה (ze.mo.rah) — branch. branch, twig, shoot

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

זְמֹורָה (H2156)

noun f · זמר

Trees

branch of vine = part of a vine which grows out of the trunk or a bough

NUM 13:23 · ISA 17:10 · EZK 15:2 · NAM 2:3

Revile | verb qal

Collocation: שׁלח אֶת־הַזְּמֹורָה אֶל־אַף

to hold the vine branch to the nose > to insult literally: "to hold the vine branch to their nose (or: my nose)"; hence, possibly: = to make an insulting gesture

EZK 8:17

¹ NAM 2:3 RSV NJPS NRSV ESV "branches" NIV "vines" | REB "strength" ² EZK 8:17 This could be a tiqqun sopherim by which אַפּי "my nose" was written as אַפָּם "their nose"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

זְמוֹרָה n.[f.] branch, twig, shoot base