זַ֫יִת noun masculine^{Psalm 52:10} olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , זֵיתָא; Ethiopic Arabic olive-tree, olive, olive-oil; see Lag^{M iii. 215 ff} Hom^{Aufsätze u. Abh., 1892, 94, 99 ff.}; √dubious; Thes and most derive from assumed זהה be bright, fresh, luxuriant (see below זִוּ) + ת afformative which is. then treated as radical, compare Sta^{§ 187 a}; but this not certain, compare Ol^{§ 119 b, 142 a}; according to Lag^{Armen. Stud. § 1347 {abbrev}}ז is Armen. loan-word, see also Lag^{M 1.c.; BN 219, Anm.}); — absolute ׳ז Genesis 8:11, construct זֵית Deuteronomy 8:8; 2 Kings 18:32; suffix זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20, זֵיתֶ֑ךָ Exodus 23:11; Deuteronomy 28:40; plural זֵיתִים Deuteronomy 6:11, etc.; —

1 olive-tree Judges 9:8,9 (personified, in Jotham's fable), Hosea 14:7 (simile of beauty), Job 15:33 = (as casting off its flowers, simile of wicked man); in 2 Samuel 15:23 insert אֲשֶׁר ׳הַזּ (before הַמִּדְבָּר, read ׳בַּמּ) ᵐ5^L Dr; also plural of two olive-trees Zechariah 4:3,11; רַעֲנָן ׳ז Psalm 52:10 fresh, (thriving) olive-tree (simile of prosperity), so Jeremiah 11:16; ׳עֲלֶהזֿ Genesis 8:11(J) olive-branch, sprig, compare Nehemiah 8:15 (here + עֲלֵי עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן, etc.); also plural שְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים Psalm 128:3 olive-shoots (simile of children); שִׁבֲּלֵי זֵיתִים Zechariah 4:12 olive-branches (in Zechariah's vision); זַיִת in representative or collective sense, = olive-trees, groups of growing olive-trees, as property, source of wealth, olive-yards Exodus 23:11 (J E; + כֶּרֶם), Judges 15:5 (+ id.); עֵץהַֿזַּיִת Haggai 2:19 (+ הַגֶּפֶן וְהַתְּאֵנָה וְהָרִמּוֺן); also in phrase כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂהזַֿיִת Habakkuk 3:17 the bearing, yield, of olive-trees ("" וּשְׁדֵמוֺר לֹאעָֿשָׂה אֹכֶל, compare also תְּאֵנָה and יְבוּל גֶּפֶן v^a); specifically זֵית שֶׁמֶן, oil-yielding olive-trees Deuteronomy 8:8 compare 2 Kings 18:32; ׳נֹקֶף ז striking or beating of olive-trees Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13 (simile of desolation at judgment of ׳י), compare תַחְבֹּט ׳כִּ זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20; rather more often plural; Amos 4:9 ("" גַּנּוֺת, כְּרָמִים, תְּאֵנִים), 1 Samuel 8:14 ("" שָׂדוֺת, כְּרָמִים), compare also Deuteronomy 6:11; Deuteronomy 28:40a Joshua 24:13; 2 Kings 5:26; 1 Chronicles 27:28; Nehemiah 5:11; Nehemiah 9:25.

2 of fruit of olive-tree, olives: Deuteronomy 28:40b (with שֶׁמֶן); תִּדְרֹךְ זַיִת Micah 6:15 ("" שֶׁמֶן); also שֶׁמֶן זַיִת olive-oil Exodus 27:20; Exodus 30:24 (P) Leviticus 24:2 (H).

3 in designations of place: מַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים 2 Samuel 15:30 the ascent of the olive-trees (ᵐ5 ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν = Mount of Olives); הַרהַֿזֵּיתִים Zechariah 14:4 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν); the well-known hill east of Jerusalem (NT usually as Zechariah 14:4 ᵐ5, e.g. Mark 13:3; compare also הָהָר 1 Kings 11:7; Ezekiel 11:33; Nehemiah 8:15; ᵑ7 טזּר זֵיתַיָּא 2 Kings 23:13 compare 2 Samuel 15:30; Zechariah 14:4 etc.; ᵑ7 Songs 8:5 טוּר מִשְׁחָא, and so Talmud etc.)