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BDB6280 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB6282
עֵץ329 noun masculineGen 2:9 tree, trees, wood; — ׳ע absolute Gen 3:3 +, construct Gen 3:24 +, עֵץֿ Gen 2:16 +; suffix ֵעצְךָ Deut 28:42, etc.; plural עֵצִים Judg 9:8 +, construct עֲצֵי Isa 7:2 +, suffix עֵצֶיךָ Deut 29:10, עֵצֵינוּ Lam 5:4, etc.; — 1. (c. 150 t.)
a. a standing
tree Gen 18:4;
Gen 18:8 (
J) +,
Exod 15:25 (
J; of shrub ?),
Jer 17:18 =
Ps 1:3 (simile); to be felled
Deut 19:5;
2Kgs 6:6 הָעֵצִים (apparently including vine and bramble) in allegory
Judg 9:8 + 6 t.
Judg 9 עֵץ הַחַיִּים Gen 2:9;
Gen 3:22;
Gen 3:24 (
J), compare
חַיִּים ׳ע figurative of source of (life and) happiness
Prov 3:18;
Prov 11:30;
Prov 13:12;
Prov 15:4 הַדַּעַת טוֺב וָדָע ׳ע Gen 2:9;
Gen 2:16 (
J);
עֲצֵי (ה)יַעַר Isa 7:2 (simile),
Isa 44:14;
Ezek 15:2 +;
עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה Isa 55:12;
Ezek 17:24 (figurative), +;
עֲצֵי לְבָנוֺן 2Chr 2:7 עֲצֵימַֿיִם Ezek 31:14 ׳עֲצֵי י Ps 104:16 עֲצֵי עֵדֶן Ezek 31:9;
Ezek 31:16;
Ezek 31:18 (twice in verse);
עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה Song 4:14 of vine
עֵץ הַגֶּפֶן Ezek 15:2;
Ezek 15:6 תַּחַת כָּלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָ֑ן place of illicit worship
Deut 12:2;
Jer 2:20;
Jer 3:6;
Jer 3:13;
1Kgs 14:23;
2Kgs 16:4;
2Kgs 17:10;
Ezek 6:13;
Isa 57:5;
2Chr 28:4, compare
עַלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָן Jer 17:2 כָּלעַֿץ עָבֹת Ezek 20:28.
b. collective
trees,
עֵץהַֿגָּן Gen 2:16;
Gen 3:1;
Gen 3:2;
Gen 3:8 (all
J); usually later,
׳י Gen 1:12;
Gen 1:29 (twice in verse) (
P), +;
עֵץ פְּרִי fruit-bearing
trees Gen 1:11 (
P),
Ps 148:9, compare
Eccl 2:5,
פְּרי עֵץ Exod 10:15 (
J),
Ezek 36:30;
Lev 23:40 (
H), compare
Joel 2:22 עֵץמַֿאֲכָל Deut 20:20;
Lev 19:23 (
H),
Ezek 47:12;
Neh 9:25 עֵץ הַזַּיִת Hag 2:19 olive trees,
עֵץ שֶׁמֶן Neh 8:15,
עֵץשָֿׁ֑מֶן Isa 41:19 סֲבָחעֵֿץ Ps 74:5 thicket of trees;
עֵץ הַשָּׂרֶה Exod 9:25 (
J), +;
עֵץ הַיַּעַר Ezek 15:6, compare
Isa 10:19;
Isa 44:23 כִּימֵי הָעֵץ Isa 65:22 (simile of great age).
c. plural of
trees felled for building,
1Kgs 5:20;
1Kgs 5:32 (+
אֲבָנִים);
עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים 2Sam 5:11 =
1Chr 14:1 + 7 t.;
עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים Jer 52:22;
Jer 52:24;
Jer 9:11 ׅ׳עֲצֵי לְמֻגִּים (אַלְגּ, see
׳אַלְגּ above
2. (approximately 175 times; approximately 120 times plural, to denote
pieces [or articles]
of wood)
a. wood, as material; for building,
2Kgs 12:13 (+
אַבְנֵי מַתְצֵב),
2Kgs 22:6 =
2Chr 34:11 (both +
id.),
Neh 2:8 +;
עֲצֵי שָׁ֑מֶן 1Kgs 6:23;
1Kgs 6:31;
1Kgs 6:33 compare v
1Kgs 6:32 עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶר Gen 6:14 (Noah's ark),
עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים Exod 25:5;
Exod 25:10 + 20 t. Exodus (of tabernacle and its furniture; all
P)
Deut 10:3 מִגְדַּלעֵֿץ Neh 8:4 מוֺטִת עֵץ Jer 28:13 (in figurative; opposed to
בַּרְזֶל ׳מ);
כְּלִיעֵֿץ article of wood Lev 11:32;
Lev 15:12;
Num 31:20, compare
Num 35:18 (all
P). Hence
b. עֵצִים =
articles of wood Exod 7:19 (
P; ||
אֲבָנִים),
1Chr 29:2 so
עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים 2Sam 6:5 (but see
בְּרוֺשׁ near the end); specifically
הָעֵץ = helve of axe
Deut 19:5 עֵץ חֲנִית(וֺׅ 1Sam 17:7 Qr (
Kt חֵץ) =
1Chr 20:5;
2Sam 21:19;
2Sam 23:7 עֲצֵי הָעֲגָלָה 1Sam 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made),
עֲצֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה Judg 6:26 especially
timbers of a house
Zech 5:4;
Hab 2:11;
Lev 14:45, of a city
1Kgs 15:22 =
2Chr 16:5;
Ezek 26:12 עֵץ of
pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps originally
trees)
Gen 40:19 (
E),
Josh 8:29 (twice in verse);
Josh 10:26 (twice in verse);
Josh 10:27 (all
J E),
Deut 21:22;
Deut 21:23 late (in Persian) used for executing criminals (? by hanging =
gallows),
תָּלָח עַלעֵֿץ Esth 2:23 + 8 t. Esther.
c. of idols,
עֵץ וָאֶבֶן Deut 4:28;
Deut 28:36;
Deut 28:64;
Deut 29:16;
2Kgs 19:18 =
Isa 37:19;
Ezek 20:32, compare
Jer 2:27;
Jer 3:9;
Hab 2:19 so
עֵץ alone
Hos 4:12;
Isa 40:20, of.
Isa 44:19;
Isa 45:20 אֲשֵׁרָה כָּלעֵֿץ Deut 16:21.
d. (fire-)
wood Josh 9:23;
Josh 9:27 (
J), v
Josh 9:21 (
P),
Deut 19:5;
Isa 30:33 +, read
עֵצִים also
Ezek 24:5 (for
ᵑ0 עצמים)
Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices
1Kgs 18:23 (twice in verse) +,
Gen 22:7;
Gen 22:9 (twice in verse);
Lev 1:7 + 6 t. Leviticus (all
P),
2Sam 24:22 ||
1Chr 21:23, +;
עֲצֵי עוֺלָה Gen 22:3;
Gen 22:6 (
P).
e. עֵץ (הָ)אֶרֶז cedar-wood, used in purifications
Lev 14:4;
Lev 14:6;
Lev 14:49;
Lev 14:51;
Lev 14:52;
Num 19:6 (all
P).
feminine פִּשְׁתֵּי הָעֵץ Josh 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk. —
Jer 10:8 Gie proposes
הֶבֶל מֹעֲצֹתָו for
ᵑ0 הֲבָלִים עִץ הוּא. —
מֹאֶסֶת כָּלעֵֿץ Ezek 21:15 is dubious,
Sm proposes
מָאֵסְתָּ כָלעֵֿץ,
Co מֹאֲסֵי כָלעֹֿז,
Berthol וּמְנַסֵּף כָּלעַֿז;
SiegfKau Toy leave untranslated.
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BDB9329 | BIBLICAL ARAMAIC | BDB9331
אָע noun masculineEzra 5:8 wood (so ᵑ7, for עָע; Egyptian Aramaic עק S-CH5; Biblical Hebrew עֵץ, √ II. עצה); —