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זַ֫יִת noun masculinePsalm 52:10 olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
atxyfz,
זֵיתָא; Ethiopic
ዘደት፡ Arabic
زَيْتُونً olive-tree, olive,
زَيْتً 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 ז is Armen. loan-word, see also Lag
M l.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׳)

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 Habakkuk 3:17a); 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.
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