Brown-Driver-Briggs I. שׁוּשַׁן, שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן noun masculine שׁוֺשַׁנָּה noun feminine usually lily, probably any lily-like flower (TristrNHB 462 ff. PostHast. DB LILY LöwNo. 323; Late Hebrew שׁוֺשַׁנָּה, Arabic (Vulgar ), especially iris, Aramaic שׁוּשַׁנְתָּא, (PS4344), Greek σοῦσον LewyFremdw. 48; original loan-word from Egyptian sššn, šôš§n, ErmanZMG xlvi (1892), 117); — lily: in simile, יִפְרַח כַּשּׁוֺשַׁנָּה Hosea 14:7 (of Israel), בֵּין הַחוֺחִים ׳כְּשׁוֺ Songs 2:2 (simile of bride), so construct שׁוֺשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים Songs 2:1 (compare חֲבַצֶּלֶת); plural שׁוֺשַׁנִּים Songs 2:16; Songs 4:5; Songs 6:2,3; Songs 7:3 and (figurative of lover's lips) Songs 5:13; of flower-shaped capitals of pillars, מַעֲשֵׂה שׁוּשַׁן 1 Kings 7:19, שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן ׳מ 1 Kings 7:22; compare מֶּרַח שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן of brim of molten sea 1 Kings 7:26, "" שׁוֺשַׁנָה ׳פ2Chronicles 4:5; elsewhere only Psalm-titles: עַשֹֿׁשַׁנִּים Psalm 45:1; Psalm 69:1, עַלשֿׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת Psalm 60:1, אֶלשֿׁשַׁגִּם עֵדוּת Psalm 80:1; meaning not clear, see Bae and Commentaries al.; yet compare עֵדוּת, below עוד. Forms and Transliterations בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ בשושנים׃ כְּשֽׁוֹשַׁנָּה֙ כַּשּֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה כשושנה שֹׁ֭שַׁנִּים שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּ֔ים שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ שֽׁוֹשַׁנַּ֖ת שֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה שׁוֹשַׁנִּ֬ים שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן שׁוּשַׁ֣ן שושן שושנה שושנים שושנים׃ שושנת שנים baš·šō·wō·šan·nîm bashshoshanNim baššōwōšannîm kaš·šō·wō·šan·nāh kashshoshanNah kaššōwōšannāh kə·šō·wō·šan·nāh keshoshanNah kəšōwōšannāh šan·nîm šannîm shannim ShooshanNim shoShan shoshanNah shoshanNat shoshanNim shuShan šō·wō·šān šō·wō·šan·nāh šō·wō·šan·naṯ šō·wō·šan·nîm šōwōšān šōwōšannāh šōwōšannaṯ šōwōšannîm šū·šan šūšanLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |