אביונה

אביונה

Hebrew

אֲבִיּוֹנָה

Alternative forms

• אֶבְיֹונָה (ʾeḇəyōnā, ʾeḇyōnā) (Mishnaic)

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).

Noun

אֲבִיּוֹנָה • (aḇiyyōnā́ or aviyoná) f

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

Synonyms

• 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, page 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