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title: אֵשֶׁל — tamarisk-tree · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵשֶׁל (815), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: tamarisk-tree. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵשֶׁל

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«אֵשֶׁל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tamarisk-tree** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 815 · **BDB:** אֵ֫שֶׁל

### Glosses

tree (2); a.tamarisk.tree (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tamarisk-tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/815/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/815/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. tamarisk-tree (Arabic أَثْلٌ Sab. אתֿל Sab.Denkm.65 cf. DHMBS ii. 958; on an Aramaic אַתְלָא v. LöwNo. 38; cf. TristrFFP 250) planted by Abraham Gn 21:33 (J); in 1 S 22:6 Saul is dwelling בַּגִּבְעָה תַּחַת־הָאֵשֶׁל בָּרָמָה; 31:13 Saul and his sons are buried תַּחַת־הָא׳; it was perhaps a sacred tree, marking shrine.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵשֶׁל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/815/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 21:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.33/)

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וַיִּטַּ֥ע אֶ֖שֶׁל בִּבְאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע בְאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַיִּ֨קְרָא־שָׁ֔ם בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֵ֥ל עוֹלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.planted a.tamarisk.tree in Beer Sheba and he.called there on the.name of.Yahweh \[the\].God of.perpetuity

*JPS 1917:* And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.

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[1 Samuel 31:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.31.13/)

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וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת־עַצְמֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ תַֽחַת־הָאֶ֖שֶׁל בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁה וַיָּצֻ֖מוּ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.took (et) bones their and they.buried.\[them\] under the.tamarisk tree in Jabesh and they.fasted seven days

*JPS 1917:* And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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