אביונה

Hebrew

אֲבִיּוֹנָה

Alternative forms

אֶבְיֹונָה (ʾeḇəyōnā, ʾeḇyōnā) (Mishnaic Hebrew)

Etymology

Diminutive of חָבִית (ḥāḇī́ṯ, “cask, barrel”), owing to its shape. The lewd meaning is a late misinterpretation of textual sources after the root א־ב־ה (a-b-ā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

אֲבִיּוֹנָה or אביונה • (aḇiyyōnā́ or aviyoná) f

(Biblical Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew) caperberry, fruit of the caperbush
(rare) orgasm

Synonyms

(orgasm): אוֹרְגַּזְמָה (ʾorgázmā)

References

Delitzsch, Franz, Keil, Carl Friedrich (1875) Biblischer Commentar über das Alte Testament. Vierter Theil. Poetische Bücher. Vierter Band: Hoheslied und Koheleth‎ (in German), Erste edition, Leipzig: Dörffling und Franke, pages 400–402
H35 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 326

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