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title: אֶזְרָח — a native · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶזְרָח (249), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: a native. BDB 1906: n.m. native. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶזְרָח

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«אֶזְרָח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a native** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 249 · **BDB:** אֶזְרָח²

### Glosses

native-born (12); the.native-born (3); a.native.tree (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a native [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/249/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. native [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/249/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 37, 35 a native (one arising from the soil; = ‘free tribesman’ RSSemi. 75)—abs. א׳ Lv 19:34 + 13 times; cstr. אֶזְרַח Ex 12:19 + 2 times;— a native Israelite, usually coll., c. art., כל־הָא׳ בישׂראל Lv 23:42 (H), cf. Nu 15:13 (P); elsewhere opp. גֵּר (q.v.):—הָא׳ בִּבְנֵי ישׂר׳ Nu 15:29 (P), cf. Ez 47:22; אֶזְרַח הָאָרֶץ Ex 12:19, 48 Nu 9:14 (all P); א׳ מִכֶּם Lv 19:34 v. also 17:15; 18:26; 24:16, 22 (all H); Ex 12:49 Lv 16:29 Nu 15:30 (all P), Jos 8:33 (D). a native tree, growing in its natural soil א׳ רַעֲנָן ψ 37:35 (fig. of prosperous wicked).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶזְרָח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/249/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 37:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.35/)

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רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* I.have.seen a.wicked.\[person\] ruthless and spreading.himself like a.native.tree luxuriant

*JPS 1917:* I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.

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[Numbers 15:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.13/)

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כָּל־הָאֶזְרָ֥ח יַעֲשֶׂה־כָּ֖כָה אֶת־אֵ֑לֶּה לְהַקְרִ֛יב אִשֵּׁ֥ה רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* every (the) native-born he.will.do thus (et) these.\[things\] to bring.near a.fire.offering of.an.odor of.soothing to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in presenting an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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