6086. ets
Lexical Summary
ets: tree, trees, wood
Original Word: עֵץ
Transliteration: ets
Phonetic Spelling: (ates)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: tree, trees, wood
Meaning: tree, trees, wood
Strong's Concordance
carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick,

From atsah; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

see HEBREW atsah

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H6086. ets

עֵץ329 noun masculineGenesis 2:9 tree, trees, wood; — ׳ע‎ absolute 3:3 +, construct 3:24 +, עֵץֿ2:16 +; suffix ֵעצְךָDeuteronomy 28:42, etc.; plural עֵצִיםJudges 9:8 +, construct עֲצֵיIsaiah 7:2 +, suffix עֵצֶיךָDeuteronomy 29:10, עֵצֵינוּLamentations 5:4, etc.; —

1 (c. 150 t.)

a. a standing tree Genesis 18:4, 8 (J) +, Exodus 15:25 (J; of shrub ?), Jeremiah 17:18 = Psalm 1:3 (simile); to be felled Deuteronomy 19:5; 2 Kings 6:6; הָעֵצִים‎ (apparently including vine and bramble) in allegory Judges 9:8 6t. Judges 9; הַחַיִּים עֵץGenesis 2:9; 3:22, 24 (J), compare ׳ע חַיִּים‎ figurative of source of (life and) happiness Proverbs 3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; ׳ע וָדָע טוֺב הַדַּעַתGenesis 2:9, 16 (J); (ה)יַעַר עֲצֵיIsaiah 7:2 (simile), 44:14; Ezekiel 15:2 +; הַשָּׂדֶה עֲצֵיIsaiah 55:12; Ezekiel 17:24 (figurative), +; לְבָנוֺן עֲצֵי2 Chronicles 2:7; עֲצֵימַֿיִםEzekiel 31:14; י ׳עֲצֵיPsalm 104:16; עֵדֶן עֲצֵיEzekiel 31:9, 16, 18 (twice in verse); לְבוֺנָה עֲצֵיSong of Solomon 4:14; of vine הַגֶּפֶן עֵץEzekiel 15:2, 6; רַעֲנָ֑ן כָּלעֵֿץ תַּחַת‎ place of illicit worship Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 2:20; 3:6, 13; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4; 17:10; Ezekiel 6:13; Isaiah 57:5; 2 Chronicles 28:4, compare רַעֲנָן עַלעֵֿץJeremiah 17:2; עָבֹת כָּלעַֿץEzekiel 20:28.

b. collective trees, עֵץהַֿגָּןGenesis 2:16; 3:1-2, 8 (all J); usually later, ׳י1:12, 29 (twice in verse) (P), +; מְּרִי עֵץfruit+?trees 1:11 (P), Psalm 148:9, compare Ecclesiastes 2:5, עֵץ מְּריExodus 10:15 (J), Ezekiel 36:30; Leviticus 23:40 (H), compare Joel 2:22; עֵץמַֿאֲכָלDeuteronomy 20:20; Leviticus 19:23 (H), Ezekiel 47:12; Nehemiah 9:25; הַזַּיִת עֵץHaggai 2:19 olive trees, שֶׁמֶן עֵץNehemiah 8:15, עֵץשָֿׁ֑מֶןIsaiah 41:19; סֲבָחעֵֿץPsalm 74:5 thicket of trees; הַשָּׂרֶה עֵץExodus 9:25 (J), +; הַיַּעַר עֵץEzekiel 15:6, compare Isaiah 10:19; 44:23; הָעֵץ כִּימֵי65:22 (simile of great age).

c. plural of trees felled for building, 1 Kings 5:20; 1 Kings 5:32 (+ אֲבָנִים‎); אֲרָזִים עֲצֵי2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1 7t.; בְרוֺשִׁים עֲצֵיJeremiah 52:22, 24; 9:11; (אַלְגּ לְמֻגִּים ׅ׳עֲצֵי‎, see ׳אַלְגּ‎ above

2 (approximately 175 times; approximately 120 times plural, to denote pieces [or articles] of wood)

a. wood, as material; for building, 2 Kings 12:13 (+ מַתְצֵב אַבְנֵי‎), 22:6 2 Chronicles 34:11 (both + id.), Nehemiah 2:8 +; שָׁ֑מֶן עֲצֵי1 Kings 6:23, 31, 33 compare 6:32; עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶרGenesis 6:14 (Noah's ark), שִׁטִּים עֲצֵיExodus 25:5, 10 20t. Exodus (of tabernacle and its furniture; all P) Deuteronomy 10:3; מִגְדַּלעֵֿץNehemiah 8:4; עֵץ מוֺטִתJeremiah 28:13 (in figurative; opposed to ׳מ בַּרְזֶל‎); כְּלִיעֵֿץarticle of wood Leviticus 11:32; 15:12; Numbers 31:20, compare 35:18 (all P). Hence

b. עֵצִים‎ = articles of wood Exodus 7:19 (P; "" אֲבָנִים‎), 1 Chronicles 29:2; so בְרוֺשִׁים עֲצֵי2 Samuel 6:5 (but see בְּרוֺשׁnear the end); specifically הָעֵץ‎ = helve of axe Deuteronomy 19:5; חֲנִית(וֺׅ עֵץ1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (Kt חֵץ‎) = 1 Chronicles 20:5; 2 Samuel 21:19; 23:7; הָעֲגָלָה עֲצֵי1 Samuel 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made), הָאֲשֵׁרָה עֲצֵיJudges 6:26; especially timbers of a house Zechariah 5:4; Habakkuk 2:11; Leviticus 14:45, of a city 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:5; Ezekiel 26:12; עֵץ‎ of pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps originally trees) Genesis 40:19 (E), Joshua 8:29 (twice in verse); 10:26 (twice in verse); 10:27 (all J E), Deuteronomy 21:22-23, late (in Persian) used for executing criminals (? by hanging = gallows), עַלעֵֿץ תָּלָחEsther 2:23 8t. Esther.

c. of idols, וָאֶבֶן עֵץDeuteronomy 4:28; 28:36, 64; 29:16; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32, compare Jeremiah 2:27; 3:9; Habakkuk 2:19; so עֵץ‎ alone Hosea 4:12; Isaiah 40:20, of.44:19; 45:20; כָּלעֵֿץ אֲשֵׁרָהDeuteronomy 16:21.

d. (fire-) wood Joshua 9:23, 27 (J), 9:21 (P), Deuteronomy 19:5; Isaiah 30:33 +, read עֵצִים‎ also Ezekiel 24:5 (for עצמים ᵑ0‎) Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices 1 Kings 18:23 (twice in verse) +, Genesis 22:7, 9 (twice in verse); Leviticus 1:7 6t. Leviticus (all P), 2 Samuel 24:22 "" 1 Chronicles 21:23, +; עוֺלָה עֲצֵיGenesis 22:3, 6 (P).

e. (הָ)אֶרֶז עֵץcedar-wood, used in purifications Leviticus 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Numbers 19:6 (all P).

f. הָעֵץ מִּשְׁתֵּיJoshua 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk. — Jeremiah 10:8 Gie proposes מֹעֲצֹתָו הֶבֶל‎ for הוּא עִץ הֲבָלִים ᵑ0‎. — כָּלעֵֿץ מֹאֶסֶתEzekiel 21:15 is dubious, Sm proposes כָלעֵֿץ מָאֵסְתָּ‎, Co כָלעֹֿז מֹאֲסֵי‎, Berthol כָּלעַֿז וּמְנַסֵּף‎; SiegfKau Toy leave untranslated.








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