PEOPLE ARE PLANTS - db

Domains

Source Domain	Plants
Target Domain	People

Instances

Reference	Source Element (Hebrew)	Source Element (Gloss)	Source Element (English)	Target Element (Hebrew)	Target Element (English)	Notes	Parent reference	Prominence	Tags
Psalm 80:9	2ms verbal affix		Gardener	(unexpressed)	God
Psalm 80:9	וַתִּטָּעֶֽהָ	plant	planted	(unexpressed)	moved	the exodus
Psalm 80:9, 15	גֶּ֭פֶן	vine	vine	(unexpressed)	Israel				",15" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 9.
Psalm 80:10	אָֽרֶץ	land	land	(unexpressed)	territory
Psalm 80:10	פִּנִּ֥יתָ לְפָנֶ֑יהָ	turn	cleared (the ground)	(unexpressed)	cleared (the way)
Psalm 80:10	וַתַּשְׁרֵ֥שׁ שָׁ֝רָשֶׁ֗יהָ	take root	took deep root	(unexpressed)	became established	conquered territory
Psalm 80:10	וַתְּמַלֵּא־אָֽרֶץ	fill the land	(vine) filled the land	(unexpressed)	(Israel) conquered, became established
Psalm 80:11	וַעֲנָפֶ֗יהָ	branch	branches	(unexpressed)	expansion
Psalm 80:11	צִלָּ֑הּ	shadow	shade	(unexpressed)	protection, dominion	possibly hyperbolic
Psalm 80:12	יֽוֹנְקוֹתֶֽיהָ	branch	shoots	(unexpressed)	expansion
Psalm 80:13	גְדֵרֶ֑יהָ	wall	walls (of vineyard)	(unexpressed)	borders, defenses (of Israel)
Psalm 80:13	וְאָר֗וּהָ	pick	to pick (grapes)	(unexpressed)	to plunder (the prosperity)
Psalm 80:14	חֲזִ֣יר	pig	boars (who destroy vineyards)	(unexpressed)	enemies (of Israel)
Psalm 80:14	זִ֖יז	moving thing	insects (who destroy vineyards)	(unexpressed)	enemies (of Israel)
Psalm 80:16	כַנָּה	stock	root	(unexpressed)	Israel
Psalm 80:17	passive fs verb	cut down	(vine) is cut down	(unexpressed)	(Israel) is punished, defeated
Psalm 80:17	passive fs verb	burn	(vine) is burned	(unexpressed)	(Israel) is punished, defeated
Psalm 92:7	עֵ֗שֶׂב	grass	grass	(unexpressed)	wicked
Psalm 92:7	בִּפְרֹ֤חַ	bud	sprout	(unexpressed)	multiply, become profuse, powerful, influential, successful	pre-metaphorized simile?
Psalm 92:7	(unexpressed)		plant	פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן	evildoers
Psalm 92:7	וַיָּצִיצוּ	blossom	flourish	(unexpressed)	succeed, prosper
Psalm 92:7	לְהִשָּֽׁמְדָ֥ם	destroy	destroyed (like a plant)	(unexpressed)	destroyed (like a person)	likely burning, for the plant
Psalm 92:13	כַּתָּמָ֣ר	palm tree	palm tree	צַ֭דִּיק	righteous
Psalm 92:13	יִפְרָ֑ח	bud	sprout	(unexpressed)	become productive	when used of palm trees, focus may be on productive nature
Psalm 92:13	כְּאֶ֖רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן	cedar in Lebanon	cedar of Lebanon	3ms verbal affix	righteous	lit. "cedar in Lebanon"
Psalm 92:13	יִשְׂגֶּֽה	increase	grow	(unexpressed)	become established, strong
Psalm 92:14	שְׁ֭תוּלִים בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה	plants in the house of YHWH	planted in the house of the LORD	צַ֭דִּיק	righteous	means the whole compound, not just the building
Psalm 92:14	יַפְרִֽיחוּ	bud	flourish	(unexpressed)	succeed, prosper, be full of life
Psalm 92:14	... שְׁתוּלִים ... בְּחַצְר֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣ינוּ	(planted) in the courts of our God	(planted) in the courts of our God	צַ֭דִּיק	righteous	confirms the plants are not planted in the building
Psalm 92:15	יְנוּב֣וּן	bear fruit	bear fruit	(unexpressed)	live well	"even when they're old"
Psalm 92:15	דְּשֵׁנִ֖ים	fat	full of sap	(unexpressed)	be healthy
Psalm 92:15	וְרַֽעֲנַנִּ֣ים	green	green	(unexpressed)	be healthy
Psalm 1:4	מֹּ֗ץ	chaff	chaff	הָרְשָׁעִ֑ים	the wicked

Mappings

Source Element	Target Element	Include in summary
vine	Israel	Yes

Cultural Background

• Significance of vineyards (valuable property)
• Vineyards several years of care to become productive
• Vineyards were walled gardens
• Palm trees are extremely productive (oil, fruit...)

Source Domain Knowledge

Reference	Rich Knowledge
Psalm 80	Vineyards require skilled gardeners, prepared soil, protected space (walls)
Psalm 92:7	Grass is short-lived and weak and spreads rampantly and widely
Psalm 92:12	Palm trees are difficult to cut down but very productive (oil, nuts, etc.)
Psalm 92:12	Cedar trees are strong but grow slowly