Lexical Summary eshel: a tamarisk tree Original Word: אֵשֶׁלTransliteration: eshel Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-shel) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a tamarisk tree Meaning: a tamarisk tree, a grove of any kind Strong's Concordance grove, tree From a root of uncertain signification; a tamarisk tree; by extension, a grove of any kind -- grove, tree. Brown-Driver-Briggs H815. eshel אֵ֫שֶׁל noun masculine tamarisk-tree (Arabic , Sabean אתֿל SabDenkm65 compare DHMBS ii. 958; on an Aramaic אַתְלָא see LöwNo. 38; compare TristrFFP 250) planted by Abraham Genesis 21:33 (J); in 1 Samuel 22:6 Saul is dwelling בָּרָמָה תַּחַתהָֿאֵשֶׁל בַּגִּבְעָה; 31:13 Saul and his sons are buried ׳תַּחַתהָֿא; it was perhaps a sacred tree, marking shrine. |
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