Lexical Summary zayith: olive tree, olive Original Word: זַיִתTransliteration: zayith Phonetic Spelling: (zay'-yith) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: olive tree, olive Meaning: an olive, the tree, the branch, the berry Strong's Concordance olive tree Olivet Probably from an unused root (akin to Ziv); an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry -- olive (tree, -yard), Olivet. see HEBREW Ziv Brown-Driver-Briggs H2132. zayith זַ֫יִת noun masculinePsalm 52:10 olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , זֵיתָא; Ethiopic Arabic olive-tree, olive, olive-oil; see LagM iii. 215 ff HomAufsätze 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 LagArmen. Stud. § 1347 {abbrev}ז is Armen. loan-word, see also LagM 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 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 ׳הַזּ אֲשֶׁר (before הַמִּדְבָּר, read ׳בַּמּ) ᵐ5L Dr; also plural of two olive-trees Zechariah 4:3, 11; ׳ז רַעֲנָן 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 + עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן עֲלֵי, etc.); also plural זֵיתִים שְׁתִלֵי Psalm 128:3 olive-shoots (simile of children); זֵיתִים שִׁבֲּלֵי 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 (+ וְהָרִמּוֺן וְהַתְּאֵנָה הַגֶּפֶן); also in phrase מַעֲשֵׂהזַֿיִת כִּחֵשׁ Habakkuk 3:17 the bearing, yield, of olive-trees ("" אֹכֶל לֹאעָֿשָׂה וּשְׁדֵמוֺר, compare also תְּאֵנָה and גֶּפֶן יְבוּל va); specifically שֶׁמֶן זֵית, oil-yielding olive-trees Deuteronomy 8:8 compare 2 Kings 18:32; ז ׳נֹקֶף striking or beating of olive-trees Isaiah 17:6; 24:13 (simile of desolation at judgment of ׳י), compare זֵיתְךָ ׳כִּ תַחְבֹּט Deuteronomy 24:20; rather more often plural; Amos 4:9 ("" תְּאֵנִים כְּרָמִים, גַּנּוֺת,), 1 Samuel 8:14 ("" כְּרָמִים שָׂדוֺת,), compare also Deuteronomy 6:11; 28:40a Joshua 24:13; 2 Kings 5:26; 1 Chronicles 27:28; Nehemiah 5:11; 9:25. 2 of fruit of olive-tree, olives: Deuteronomy 28:40b (with שֶׁמֶן); זַיִת תִּדְרֹךְ Micah 6:15 ("" שֶׁמֶן); also זַיִת שֶׁמֶן olive-oil Exodus 27:20; 30:24 (P) Leviticus 24:2 (H). 3 in designations of place: הַזֵּיתִים מַעֲלֵה 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 14:4 ᵐ5, e.g. Mark 13:3; compare also הָהָר 1 Kings 11:7; Ezekiel 11:33; Nehemiah 8:15; זֵיתַיָּא טזּר ᵑ7 2 Kings 23:13 compare 2 Samuel 15:30; Zechariah 14:4 etc.; ᵑ7 Song of Solomon 8:5 מִשְׁחָא טוּר, and so Talmud etc.) |