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זַ֫יִת

za.yitH:N-M

(Mount of) Olives

This name means olive, olive tree Also named: elaiōn (ἐλαιών "Olivet" G1638)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

זַ֫יִת noun masculine^{Ps 52:10} olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , זֵיתָא; Ethiopic Arabic olive-tree, olive, 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 {abbrev}}ז is Armen. loan-word, see also Lag^{M 1.c.; BN 219, Anm.}); — absolute ׳ז Gen 8:11, construct זֵית Deut 8:8; 2Kgs 18:32 suffix זֵיתְךָ Deut 24:20, זֵיתֶ֑ךָ Exod 23:11; Deut 28:40 plural זֵיתִים Deut 6:11, etc.; —

1. olive-tree Judg 9:8; Judg 9:9 (personified, in Jotham's fable), Hos 14:7 (simile of beauty), Job 15:33 = (as casting off its flowers, simile of wicked man); in 2Sam 15:23 insert אֲשֶׁר ׳הַזּ (before הַמִּדְבָּר, read ׳בַּמּ) ᵐ5^L Dr; also plural of two olive-trees Zech 4:3; Zech 4:11 רַעֲנָן ׳ז Ps 52:10 fresh, (thriving) olive-tree (simile of prosperity), so Jer 11:16 ׳עֲלֶהזֿ Gen 8:11(J) olive-branch, sprig, compare Neh 8:15 (here + עֲלֵי עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן, etc.); also plural שְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים Ps 128:3 olive-shoots (simile of children); שִׁבֲּלֵי זֵיתִים Zech 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 Exod 23:11 (J E; + כֶּרֶם), Judg 15:5 (+ id.); עֵץהַֿזַּיִת Hag 2:19 (+ הַגֶּפֶן וְהַתְּאֵנָה וְהָרִמּוֺן); also in phrase כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂהזַֿיִת Hab 3:17 the bearing, yield, of olive-trees (|| וּשְׁדֵמוֺר לֹאעָֿשָׂה אֹכֶל, compare also תְּאֵנָה and יְבוּל גֶּפֶן v^a); specifically זֵית שֶׁמֶן, oil-yielding olive-trees Deut 8:8 compare 2Kgs 18:32 ׳נֹקֶף ז striking or beating of olive-trees Isa 17:6; Isa 24:13 (simile of desolation at judgment of ׳י), compare תַחְבֹּט ׳כִּ זֵיתְךָ Deut 24:20 rather more often plural; Amos 4:9 (|| גַּנּוֺת, כְּרָמִים, תְּאֵנִים), 1Sam 8:14 (|| שָׂדוֺת, כְּרָמִים), compare also Deut 6:11; Deut 28:40a Josh 24:13; 2Kgs 5:26; 1Chr 27:28; Neh 5:11; Neh 9:25.

2. of fruit of olive-tree, olives: Deut 28:40b (with שֶׁמֶן); תִּדְרֹךְ זַיִת Mic 6:15 (|| שֶׁמֶן); also שֶׁמֶן זַיִת olive-oil Exod 27:20; Exod 30:24 (P) Lev 24:2 (H).

3. in designations of place: מַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים 2Sam 15:30 the ascent of the olive-trees (ᵐ5 ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν = Mount of Olives); הַרהַֿזֵּיתִים Zech 14:4 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν); the well-known hill east of Jerusalem (NT usually as Zech 14:4 ᵐ5, e.g. Mark 13:3 compare also הָהָר 1Kgs 11:7; Neh 8:15 ᵑ7 טזּר זֵיתַיָּא 2Kgs 23:13 compare 2Sam 15:30; Zech 14:4 etc.; ᵑ7 Song 8:5 טוּר מִשְׁחָא, and so Talmud etc.)

2 occurrences

II Samuel (1), Zechariah (1)