Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #815 - אֵשֶׁל eshel (a tamarisk tree)

Original Word:	אֵשֶׁל
Transliteration:	eshel
Definition:	a tamarisk tree
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ay'-shel)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

grove, tree

From a root of uncertain signification; a tamarisk tree; by extension, a grove of any kind -- grove, tree.

Englishman's Concordance

1) tamarisk tree
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from a root of uncertain signification
Same Word by TWOT Number: 179a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֵ֫שֶׁלnoun masculinetamarisk-tree (Arabic

, Sabean אתֿל SabDenkm⁶⁵ compare DHM^{BS ii. 958}; on an Aramaic אַתְלָא see Löw^{No. 38}; compare Tristr^{FFP 250}) planted by Abraham Genesis 21:33 (J); in 1 Samuel 22:6 Saul is dwelling בַּגִּבְעָה תַּחַתהָֿאֵשֶׁל בָּרָמָה; 1 Samuel 31:13 Saul and his sons are buried ׳תַּחַתהָֿא; it was perhaps a sacred tree, marking shrine.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 815. אֵ֫שֶׁל (eshel) — 3 Occurrences

Genesis 21:33
HEB: וַיִּטַּ֥ע אֶ֖שֶׁל בִּבְאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע
NAS: [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba,
KJV: And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba,
INT: planted A tamarisk Beersheba called

1 Samuel 22:6
HEB:בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה תַּֽחַת־ הָאֶ֤שֶׁל בָּֽרָמָה֙ וַחֲנִית֣וֹ
NAS: under the tamarisk tree on the height
KJV: in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah,
INT: Gibeah under the tamarisk the height his spear

1 Samuel 31:13
HEB:וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ תַֽחַת־ הָאֶ֖שֶׁל בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁה וַיָּצֻ֖מוּ
NAS: them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh,
KJV: and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh,
INT: and buried under the tamarisk Jabesh and fasted

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