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title: הֲדַס — myrtle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֲדַס (1918), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: myrtle. BDB 1906: n.m. myrtle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֲדַס

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«הֲדַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **myrtle** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 1918 · **BDB:** הֲדַס

### Glosses

trees (3); a.myrtle.tree (1); myrtle.tree\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

myrtle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1918/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. myrtle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1918/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 55:13 myrtle (-tree), only late (NH, Aramaic id.; Arabic هَدَس (in the dialect of Yemen); also آسٌ, Aramaic אָסָה, ܐܳܣܳܐ; cf. LöwNo. 25)—abs. ה׳ Is 41:19 Ne 8:15; הֲדַ֑ס Is 55:13; pl. הַהֲדַסִּים Zc 1:8 + 2 times (on form cf. Ges§ 93, R. 4)—Is 41:19 (‖ תְּאַשּׁוּר, תִּדְהָר, בְּרוֹשׁ, עֵץ שָׁ֑מֶן, שִׁטָּה, אֶרֶז); Is 55:13 (‖ בְּרוֹשׁ; opp. הַסִּרְפַּד), עֲלֵי הֲדַס Ne 8:15 (‖ ע׳ עֵץ עָבוֹת, ע׳ תְּמָרִים, ע׳ עֵץ־שֶׁמֶן, עֲלֵי־זַיִת); pl. Zc 1:8, 10, 11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֲדַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1918/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 41:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.19/)

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אֶתֵּ֤ן בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אֶ֣רֶז שִׁטָּ֔ה וַהֲדַ֖ס וְעֵ֣ץ שָׁ֑מֶן אָשִׂ֣ים בָּעֲרָבָ֗ה בְּר֛וֹשׁ תִּדְהָ֥ר וּתְאַשּׁ֖וּר יַחְדָּֽו׃

*Word for word:* I.will.put in the wilderness cedar\[s\] acacia.tree\[s\] and myrtle.tree\[s\] and tree\[s\] of.oil I.will.set in the.desert plain cypress\[es\] elm\[s\] and box.tree\[s\] together

*JPS 1917:* I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane-tree, and the larch together;

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[Zechariah 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.1.10/)

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וַיַּ֗עַן הָאִ֛ישׁ הָעֹמֵ֥ד בֵּין־הַהַדַסִּ֖יםוַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֵ֚לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁלַ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה לְהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered the man \[who was\].standing between the.myrtle trees and he.said these \[are.those\].whom he.has.sent Yahweh to go.about on the earth

*JPS 1917:* And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said: 'These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.'

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