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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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לַעֲנָה

Strong’s: H3939

Associated OET lemmas: לַעֲנָה

Authors: Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Sense 1: wormwood

Semantic domains: Plants (001003001)

Core domains: Plant (125)

Definition: = a plant which may grow as large as a bush, with woolly green leaves, ◄ Artemisia herba-alba; ► the juice tastes bitter and can be poisonous; used as medicine; ≈ associated with injustice and suffering

Further resources: Flora:5.2.7

DEU 29:17: RV DEU 29:18 · LV DEU 29:17 · Read together DEU 29:18

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OET-RV DEU 29:18

18 If there happens to be a man or woman, or clan or tribe, whose loyalty is turning away today from your god Yahweh and to go and serve those gods in those other nations, i.e., if there’s a bitter or poisonous root among you all,

OET-LV DEU 29:17

17  Lest there_be among_you(pl) a_man or a_woman or a_clan or a_tribe who heart_of_his is_turning_away the_day from_with YHWH god_of_our to_go to_serve DOM the_gods_of the_nations the_those lest there_be among_you(pl) a_root bearing_fruit poison and_wormwood.

Sense 2: wormwood

Semantic domains: Liquids (001006007); Unsafe (002003003021)

Core domains: Food (069)

Definition: = juice from the leaves of the wormwood plant, ► which tastes bitter and can be poisonous; used as medicine; ≈ associated with injustice and suffering

Further resources: Flora:5.2.7

Synonyms: רֹאשׁ

PRO 5:4: RV PRO 5:4 · LV PRO 5:4 · Read together PRO 5:4

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OET-RV PRO 5:4

4 in the end, she’s as bitter as wormwood,
 ⇔ ≈ and sharper than a double-sided sword.

OET-LV PRO 5:4

4 And_end_of_her is_bitter like_wormwood sharp like_a_sword_of mouths.

JER 9:14: RV JER 9:15 · LV JER 9:14 · Read together JER 9:15

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OET-RV JER 9:15

15 then Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this:
 ⇔ Listen, I’m about to feed them bitter food
 ⇔ ≈ and give them poison water to drink.

OET-LV JER 9:14

14  For_so/thus/hence thus YHWH soldiers/messengers the_god_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) he_says HERE_I am_about_of_to_feed_them DOM the_people the_this wormwood and_I_will_give_them_to_drink water_of poison.
All 7 recorded passages for this sense

PRO: RV PRO 5:4 · LV PRO 5:4 · Read together PRO 5:4

JER: RV JER 9:15 · RV JER 23:15 · LV JER 9:14 · LV JER 23:15 · Read together JER 9:15 · Read together JER 23:15

LAM: RV LAM 3:15 · RV LAM 3:19 · LV LAM 3:15 · LV LAM 3:19 · Read together LAM 3:15 · Read together LAM 3:19

AMO: RV AMO 5:7 · RV AMO 6:12 · LV AMO 5:7 · LV AMO 6:12 · Read together AMO 5:7 · Read together AMO 6:12