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bavat ayin — Dictionary

…Both are usually flattened in English into the same borrowed idiom, 'the apple of the eye' (itself an old, unrelated…

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dudaim — Dictionary

…KJV 'mandrakes'; the name echoes dod, 'beloved,' so 'love-apples'). Reuben finds them at the wheat harvest, and Rachel trades…

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Tappuah — Encyclopedia

…The name means 'apple' or more likely 'quince'; this translation does not guess which site v17 intends. in the text…

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Tappuah — Atlas

…The name means 'apple' or more likely 'quince'; this translation does not guess which site v17 intends. in the text…

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The Tree Thief of Breuckelen

…Adriaen van der Donck, describing the colony in 1655, lists apples, pears, cherries, plums, quinces and above all peaches, "which…

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Joel 1

…and the fig tree has withered; pomegranate, palm and apple — every tree of the field has dried up. For joy…