רִמּוֹן
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. pomegranate (the fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart)
2. pomegranate-shaped decoration on the priestly robe (Judaism)
3. grenade (a small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket)
Pronunciation
rimón
Examples7
רַבִּי מֵאִיר רִמּוֹן מָצָא תּוֹכוֹ אָכַל קְלִיפָּתוֹ זָרַק
Rabbi Meir found a pomegranate, ate the inside, threw away the rind.
פַּעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמּוֹן פַּעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמּוֹן עַל־שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל סָבִיב׃
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
אֲנִי אוֹהֵב רִמּוֹנִים.
I like pomegranates.
יֵשׁ לִי רִמּוֹן-יָד.
I have a grenade.
יֵשׁ לִי רִמּוֹן.
I have a grenade.
כפֶּלַח הָרִמּוֹן רַקָּתֵךְ מִבְּעַד לְצַמָּתֵךְ.
Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.