What does עֵנָב (ʿēnāb) mean in the Bible?
עֵנָב (ʿēnāb): Fruit of the vine representing abundance and divine blessing; central to covenant land imagery and wine production
Hebrew · H6025
עֵנָב
A grape
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עֵנָב H6025
Pronunciation ʿēnāb
What does עֵנָב (ʿēnāb) mean in the Bible?
עֵנָב (ʿēnāb): Fruit of the vine representing abundance and divine blessing; central to covenant land imagery and wine production
Full entry for עֵנָב (H6025) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6025?
The BSB source-word alignment has 19 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include grapes (5), of grapes (3), . . . (2), the grapes (2), [sweet] grapes (1).
Where does עֵנָב (ʿēnāb) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 40:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (4), Numbers (4), Genesis (3), Hosea (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It grapes 5× Numbers 6:3, Numbers 13:20, Deuteronomy 23:24, Nehemiah 13:15
of grapes 3× Genesis 49:11, Numbers 13:23, Amos 9:13
. . . 2× Deuteronomy 32:32, Hosea 3:1
the grapes 2× Genesis 40:11, Leviticus 25:5
[sweet] grapes 1× Isaiah 5:4
good grapes 1× Isaiah 5:2
grape 1× Numbers 6:3
into grapes 1× Genesis 40:10
like grapes 1× Hosea 9:10
of the finest grapes 1× Deuteronomy 32:14
Their grapes 1× Deuteronomy 32:32
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 40:10 עֲנָבִֽים׃ to into grapes Noun - masculine plural Genesis 40:11 הָֽעֲנָבִ֗ים to the grapes Article | Noun - masculine plural Genesis 49:11 עֲנָבִ֖ים to of grapes Noun - masculine plural Leviticus 25:5 עִנְּבֵ֥י to the grapes Noun - masculine plural construct Numbers 6:3 עֲנָבִים֙ to grape Noun - masculine plural Numbers 6:3 וַעֲנָבִ֛ים to grapes Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Numbers 13:20 עֲנָבִֽים׃ to grapes Noun - masculine plural Numbers 13:23 עֲנָבִים֙ to of grapes Noun - masculine plural Deuteronomy 23:24 עֲנָבִ֛ים to grapes Noun - masculine plural Deuteronomy 32:14 עֵנָ֖ב to of the finest grapes Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 40:10
Aligned rows 19
Books represented 9
Genesis 3 Leviticus 1 Numbers 4 Deuteronomy 4 Nehemiah 1 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 1 Hosea 2 Amos 1
Source forms
עֲנָבִ֖ים 4x ‘ă·nā·ḇîm Genesis 49:11, Isaiah 5:2, Isaiah 5:4, Amos 9:13
עֲנָבִֽים׃ 3x ‘ă·nā·ḇîm Genesis 40:10, Numbers 13:20, Hosea 3:1
עֲנָבִים֙ 2x ‘ă·nā·ḇîm Numbers 6:3, Numbers 13:23
הָֽעֲנָבִ֗ים 1x hā·‘ă·nā·ḇîm Genesis 40:11
וַעֲנָבִ֛ים 1x wa·‘ă·nā·ḇîm Numbers 6:3
כַּעֲנָבִ֣ים 1x ka·‘ă·nā·ḇîm Hosea 9:10
עֵנָ֖ב 1x ‘ê·nāḇ Deuteronomy 32:14
עִנְּבֵ֥י 1x ‘in·nə·ḇê Leviticus 25:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine plural 12x Genesis 40:10, Genesis 49:11, Numbers 6:3, Numbers 13:20
Noun - masculine plural construct 2x Leviticus 25:5, Deuteronomy 32:32
Article | Noun - masculine plural 1x Genesis 40:11
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural 1x Numbers 6:3
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural 1x Deuteronomy 32:32
Noun - masculine singular 1x Deuteronomy 32:14
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural 1x Hosea 9:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Fruit of the vine representing abundance and divine blessing; central to covenant land imagery and wine production
Source Gloss
a grape
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Fruit of the vine representing abundance and divine blessing; central to covenant land imagery and wine production
a grape BDB: grape Usage: (ripe) grape, wine.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain