תְּאֵנָה, תְּאֵי׳ f. (b. h.) 1) fig-tree; fig. Cant. R. to VI, 2 הת׳ הזו … יפה לה ויפה לת׳ when the fig-tree is plucked in due time, it is good for it and good for the fig; Gen. R. s. 62; Koh. R. to V, 11. Ib.; Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ top בעל הת׳ יוֹדע וכ׳ the owner of the fig-tree knows when it is time to pluck it (God knows when it is time to call the righteous away). Gen. R. l. c. היו … תחת ת׳ אחת were wont to rise early and sit down under a certain fig-tree to study; ib. חדא … תְּאֵינָתִי וכ׳ the one benefit that you conferred upon me by sitting and studying under my fig-tree, you have now taken away; Yalk. ib. 110; a. fr.—Pl. תְּאֵנִים, תְּאַנוֹת, תְּאֵי׳ figs. Y. Ber. l. c. תְּאֵינוֹתָיו, v. תָּלַע. B. Mets. VII, 4. Ber. 41ᵇ הביאו לפניהם ת׳ וכ׳ if figs and grapes are placed before diners during the meal. Ib. VI, 8. Ib. 44ᵃ קוצצי ת׳ fig-cutters; a. fr. —2) עֵין ת׳ pr. n. pl. ʿEn-T’enah, near Sepphoris. Koh. R. to III, 2.
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תְּאֵנָה , תְּאֵי׳ f. (b. h.) 1) fig-tree; fig. Cant. R. to VI, 2 הת׳ הזו … יפה לה ויפה לת׳ when the fig-tree is plucked in due time, it is good for…
References
- Shir HaShirim Rabbah 6:2:2
- Bereishit Rabbah 62:1
- Kohelet Rabbah 5:11
- Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 2:8:5
- Jastrow, תְּאֵנָה 1
- Jastrow, תָּלַע 1
- Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:4
- Berakhot 41b:6
- Mishnah Berakhot 6:8
- Berakhot 44a:5
- Kohelet Rabbah 3:2:3