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title: תְּאַשּׁוּר — box-tree · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּאַשּׁוּר (8391), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: box-tree. BDB 1906: n.f. box-tree. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּאַשּׁוּר

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«תְּאַשּׁוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **box-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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8391 · **BDB:** תְּאַשּׁוּר

### Glosses

box.tree (1); box.tree\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

box-tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8391/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. box-tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8391/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. box-tree (on form cf. Sta§ 267) Is 14:19; 60:13 Ez 27:6 (cf. supr.) a small evergreen tree about 20 feet high, growing on Lebanon, Bo Tristr Nat. Hist. Bib. 339, so 𝔙 𝔗 RV. (Others sherbîn, a species of cedar distinguished by the smallness of its cones and the upward direction of its branches, cf. Thes RobGes.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 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 «תְּאַשּׁוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8391/), 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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[Isaiah 60:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.60.13/)

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כְּב֤וֹד הַלְּבָנוֹן֙ אֵלַ֣יִךְ יָב֔וֹא בְּר֛וֹשׁ תִּדְהָ֥ר וּתְאַשּׁ֖וּר יַחְדָּ֑ו לְפָאֵר֙ מְק֣וֹם מִקְדָּשִׁ֔י וּמְק֥וֹם רַגְלַ֖י אֲכַבֵּֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.splendor of.(the) Lebanon to you it.will.come cypress elm and box.tree together to beautify the.place my.sanctuary my and the.place my.feet my I.will.glorify

*JPS 1917:* The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the cypress, the plane-tree and the larch together; to beautify the place of My sanctuary, and I will make the place of My feet glorious.

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