--- title: אֶרֶז — cedar · The Tanakh dictionary description: אֶרֶז (730), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 73 times: cedar. BDB 1906: n.m. cedar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/730.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-7.md)‎ / אֶרֶז‎ # אֶרֶז «אֶרֶז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cedar** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 73 times · **Key:** 730 · **BDB:** אֶ֫רֶז ### Glosses of.cedar(s) (17); cedar (14); cedars (14) ### Meaning (OSHB) cedar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/730/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. cedar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/730/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 17:23 cedar;—f. Ez 17:22 א׳ הָרָמָה, but del. הרמה 𝔊 Co;—(Arabic أَرْزٌ pine-tree, etc.; Ethiopic አርዝ Syriac ܐܰܪܙܳܐ )—א׳ abs. Lv 14:4 + 19 times, אָ֑רֶז Jb 40:17 + 6 times; pl. אֲרָזִים Is 9:9 + 35 times; cstr. אַרְזֵי Is 2:13 + 5 times; sf. אֲרָזֶיךָ Je 22:7; Zc 11:1; אֲרָזָיו Is 37:24 = 2 K 19:23;— cedar-tree, (a) as growing Nu 24:6 ψ 148:9; Is 41:19; 44:14 cf. Ez 31:8; especially as growing on Lebanon 1 K 5:13; 2 K 14:9 = 2 Ch 25:18 (both in fable of Jehoash); often אַרְזֵי (הַ)לְּבָנוֹן Ju 9:15 Is 2:13; 14:8 ψ 29:5(×2) (fig.) 104:16, cf. 1 K 5:20 2 K 19:23 = Is 37:24; ψ 92:13; Ct 5:15; Ez 27:5 (sg. coll.) Zc 11:1, 2 (fig.); Ct 1:17; Ezr 3:7; Je 22:23 (fig.) Ez 17:3 (fig.); (b) especially in sim., of outward power, stateliness \& majesty ψ 80:11 (א׳ אֵל) cf. Ez 31:3 (personif., but v. Co on text), Am 2:9; of individuals Je 22:7; ψ 92:13; Ez 17:22, 23; cf. other exx. of fig. use, supr.; sim. of straightness \& strength Jb 40:17 (tail of hippopotamus). cedar-timber, cedar-wood for building, עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים 2 S 5:11; 1 K 5:22, 24; 6:10; 9:11; 1 Ch 14:1; 22:4(×2) 2 Ch 2:7; Ezr 3:7; without עֵץ 2 S 7:2, 7; 1 K 6:9, 15, 16, 18(×2), 20, 36; 7:2(×2), 3, 7, 11, 12; 10:27; 1 Ch 17:1, 6; 2 Ch 1:15; 2:2; 9:27 \& Ct 8:9; Is 9:9; Je 22:14, 15 (cf. also Is 44:14; 1 K 5:20; Ez 27:5 supr.) cedar-wood used in purifications, c. עֵץ Lv 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52 Nu 19:6 (all P). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 69 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 «אֶרֶז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/730/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 104:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.16/) יִ֭שְׂבְּעוּ עֲצֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה אַֽרְזֵ֥י לְ֝בָנ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָטָֽע׃ *Word for word:* they.are.satisfied the.trees of.Yahweh the.cedars of.Lebanon which he.planted *JPS 1917:* The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, which He hath planted; [Song of Songs 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.17/) קֹר֤וֹת בָּתֵּ֙ינוּ֙ אֲרָזִ֔ים רַהִיטֵ֖נוּ בְּרוֹתִֽים׃ *Word for word:* the.beams our.houses our \[are\].cedar(s) rafters our \[are\].cypress(es) *JPS 1917:* The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses. - ← previous: [אֲרַוְנָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/728.md) - next →: [אַרְזָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/731.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-7.md)