פישון

Hebrew

Etymology

Supposedly from the root פ־ו־שׁ (p-v-sh) or פ־י־שׁ (p-y-sh), meaning "to spring about".

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pi.ˈʃon/

Proper noun

פִּישׁוֹן • (pishón) m

Pishon, a river of Eden.
- Tanach, Genesis 2:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישֹׁון הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב׃
  The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Usage notes

Only used once in the Bible, in the passage quoted above.

References

H6376 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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