---
title: תִּרְזָה — cypress · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּרְזָה (8645), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cypress. BDB 1906: n.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8645.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-3.md)‎ / תִּרְזָה‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# תִּרְזָה

<!-- .meta -->
«תִּרְזָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cypress** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8645 · **BDB:** תִּרְזָה

### Glosses

a.cypress (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cypress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8645/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8645/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a tree, AV cypress, RV holm-tree, but very dub.: TrNHB 338 PostHast. DB Cypress; 𝔙 ilex, and so M’LeanEncy. Bib. Cypress;—abs. ת׳ Is 44:14 (+ אַלּוֹן, ‖ אֲרָזִים).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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 «תִּרְזָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8645/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Isaiah 44:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.14/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
לִכְרָת־ל֣וֹ אֲרָזִ֔ים וַיִּקַּ֤ח תִּרְזָה֙ וְאַלּ֔וֹן וַיְאַמֶּץ־ל֖וֹ בַּעֲצֵי־יָ֑עַר נָטַ֥ע אֹ֖רֶןוְגֶ֥שֶׁם יְגַדֵּֽל׃

*Word for word:* to cut.down (for himself cedars and he.took a.cypress and an.oak and he.strengthened.\[it\] for himself among.\[the\] trees of.\[the\].forest he.plants laurel and rain it.makes.\[it\].grow

*JPS 1917:* He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the ilex and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest; he planteth a bay-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [תְּרוּפָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8644.md)
- next →: [תֶּרַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8646.md)
- ↑ back to [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-3.md)