תְּאֵנָה noun feminine fig-tree, (then) fig (√ dubious; Arabic , Aramaic תֵּינְתָא, ; perhaps Punic תין (see Lzb³⁸⁵; i.e. תְּיֵן Eut, see DHM^{VOJ i. 26}), Assyrian tittu, a tree; Lag^{M i. 58 ff.} combines ׳ת (precariously) with √ (III) אנה meet opportunely, with reference to fructifying of fig by another tree, compare Hom^{Aufsätze u.Abh. i. (1892), 100}); — absolute ׳ת Judges 9:10 +; suffix תְּאֵנָתוֺ 1 Kings 5:5 +, etc.; plural תְּאֵנִים Numbers 13:23 +; construct תְּאֵנֵי Jeremiah 24:2; suffix תְּאֵנֵיכֶם Amos 4:9; —

1 fig-tree (ficus carica Post^{Flora. 730; Hast. DB, under the word} Tr^NHB.350 M'Lean-Th-Dyer^{Ency. Bib., under the word}; compare Löw^{§ 335}; often + גֶּפֶן): Judges 9:10,11 (in allegory), Amos 4:9; Hosea 9:10; Nahum 3:12; 1 Kings 5:5; 2 Kings 18:31 = Isaiah 36:16; Micah 4:4; Isaiah 34:4; Proverbs 27:18; ׳עֲלֵה ת Genesis 3:7 (J) fig-leaves, חָֽנְטָה פַגֶּיהָ ׳הַתּ Songs 2:13; collective Numbers 20:5 (JE), Hosea 2:14; Jeremiah 5:17; Jeremiah 8:13; Deuteronomy 8:8; Habakkuk 3:17; Haggai 2:19; Zechariah 3:10; Joel 1:7,12; Joel 2:22; Psalm 105:33.

2 fig, always plural: Numbers 13:23 (JE), Jeremiah 24:1,2(twice in verse); Jeremiah 24:3 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 24:5,8; Jeremiah 29:17 (all symbolic of Judaeans), Jeremiah 8:13 (בַּתְּאֵנָה ׳אֵין תּ), Nehemiah 8:13; as medicament, ׳דְּבֶלֶת ת 2 Kings 20:7 = Isaiah 38:21; תְּאֵנֵי הַבַּכֻּרוֺת Jeremiah 24:2 the figs of early ripeness (compare Du).

תַּאֲנִיָּה see [I. אנה]. תְּאֻנִים see I. און.