בְּרוֺשׁ noun masculine^{Hos 14:9} cypress or fir (Assyrian burâšu COT^Glossary Aramaic בּרוֺתא, , compare בְּרוֺת below, see also Greek βράθυ, Latin bratum, cypress, juniper (PS); in favour of cypress, also ᵐ5 ᵑ6 & so Thes; in favour of fir or pine, ᵑ9 Rob in Rob-Ges (because cypress not now indigenous on Lebanon); compare also RS^{Proph. iv. n. 20} who lays stress on Phoenician proper name, of a location אי בשם (= איברושים) = Greek Πιτυοῦσαι i.e. isle of firs; — see further Schroed^{Phön. Spr. 99} Löw^{No. 59 &} Brathu as name of Hermon Philo Byblus in Euseb^{Praep. Evang. i. 10}) — בְּרוֺשׁ Hosea 14:9 4t.; בִּרוֺשִׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 + 11: t., בְּרשִׁים Nahum 2:4, בְּרוֺשָׁיו Isaiah 37:24, בְּרשָׁיו 2 Kings 19:23; —

1 (literal) a noble tree, usually "" ארז (except 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Kings 6:34; 2Chronicles 3:5; Psalm 104:17; Isaiah 55:13; Hosea 14:9; Nahum 2:4); as standing and growing Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 37:24 = 2 Kings 19:23; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 55:13 ("" הֲדַס) Isaiah 60:13 ("" כבוד לבנון = ארז) Psalm 104:17.

2 simile of luxuriance, stateliness Ezekiel 31:8, productiveness Hosea 14:9 (Now thinks cypress), figurative for spear-shafts Nahum 2:4 Hi-St, but ᵐ5 ᵑ6 פרשׁים; figurative for mighty men Zechariah 11:2.

3 as material (always plural), for building temple (׳עצי ב) 1 Kings 5:22; 1 Kings 5:24; 1 Kings 6:34; compare 1 Kings 9:11; 2Chron 2:7; ׳עץ ב (singular) 2 Chronicles 3:5 (compare Baer's note); ׳צלעות ב 1 Kings 6:15; for ships (no עץ) Ezekiel 27:5; — בְּכֹל עֲצֵי ברושׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 apparently = with all musical instruments made of fir, but "" 1 Chronicles 13:8 בְּכָלעֹֿז וּבְשִׁירִים & so here ᵐ5 We Dr.