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עֵץ‎₃₂₉ noun masculine^{Genesis 2:9} tree, trees, wood; — ׳ע‎ absolute 3:3 +, construct 3:24 +, עֵץֿ‎ 2:16 +; suffix ֵעצְךָ‎ Deuteronomy 28:42, etc.; plural עֵצִים‎ Judges 9:8 +, construct עֲצֵי‎ Isaiah 7:2 +, suffix עֵצֶיךָ‎ Deuteronomy 29:10, עֵצֵינוּ‎ Lamentations 5:4, etc.; —

1 (c. 150 t.)

a. a standing tree Genesis 18:4, 8 (J) +, Exodus 15:25 (J; of shrub ?), Jeremiah 17:18 = Psalm 1:3 (simile); to be felled Deuteronomy 19:5; 2 Kings 6:6; הָעֵצִים‎ (apparently including vine and bramble) in allegory Judges 9:8 6t. Judges 9; הַחַיִּים עֵץ‎ Genesis 2:9; 3:22, 24 (J), compare ׳ע חַיִּים‎ figurative of source of (life and) happiness Proverbs 3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; ׳ע וָדָע טוֺב הַדַּעַת‎ Genesis 2:9, 16 (J); (ה)יַעַר עֲצֵי‎ Isaiah 7:2 (simile), 44:14; Ezekiel 15:2 +; הַשָּׂדֶה עֲצֵי‎ Isaiah 55:12; Ezekiel 17:24 (figurative), +; לְבָנוֺן עֲצֵי‎2 Chronicles 2:7; עֲצֵימַֿיִם‎ Ezekiel 31:14; י ׳עֲצֵי‎ Psalm 104:16; עֵדֶן עֲצֵי‎ Ezekiel 31:9, 16, 18 (twice in verse); לְבוֺנָה עֲצֵי‎ Song of Solomon 4:14; of vine הַגֶּפֶן עֵץ‎ Ezekiel 15:2, 6; רַעֲנָ֑ן כָּלעֵֿץ תַּחַת‎ place of illicit worship Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 2:20; 3:6, 13; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4; 17:10; Ezekiel 6:13; Isaiah 57:5; 2 Chronicles 28:4, compare רַעֲנָן עַלעֵֿץ‎ Jeremiah 17:2; עָבֹת כָּלעַֿץ‎ Ezekiel 20:28.

b. collective trees, עֵץהַֿגָּן‎ Genesis 2:16; 3:1-2, 8 (all J); usually later, ׳י‎ 1:12, 29 (twice in verse) (P), +; מְּרִי עֵץ‎ fruit+?trees 1:11 (P), Psalm 148:9, compare Ecclesiastes 2:5, עֵץ מְּרי‎ Exodus 10:15 (J), Ezekiel 36:30; Leviticus 23:40 (H), compare Joel 2:22; עֵץמַֿאֲכָל‎ Deuteronomy 20:20; Leviticus 19:23 (H), Ezekiel 47:12; Nehemiah 9:25; הַזַּיִת עֵץ‎ Haggai 2:19 olive trees, שֶׁמֶן עֵץ‎ Nehemiah 8:15, עֵץשָֿׁ֑מֶן‎ Isaiah 41:19; סֲבָחעֵֿץ‎ Psalm 74:5 thicket of trees; הַשָּׂרֶה עֵץ‎ Exodus 9:25 (J), +; הַיַּעַר עֵץ‎ Ezekiel 15:6, compare Isaiah 10:19; 44:23; הָעֵץ כִּימֵי‎ 65:22 (simile of great age).

c. plural of trees felled for building, 1 Kings 5:20; 1 Kings 5:32 (+ אֲבָנִים‎); אֲרָזִים עֲצֵי‎ 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1 7t.; בְרוֺשִׁים עֲצֵי‎ Jeremiah 52:22, 24; 9:11; (אַלְגּ לְמֻגִּים ׅ׳עֲצֵי‎, see ׳אַלְגּ‎ above

2 (approximately 175 times; approximately 120 times plural, to denote pieces [or articles] of wood)

a. wood, as material; for building, 2 Kings 12:13 (+ מַתְצֵב אַבְנֵי‎), 22:6 2 Chronicles 34:11 (both + id.), Nehemiah 2:8 +; שָׁ֑מֶן עֲצֵי‎ 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 33 compare 6:32; עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶר‎ Genesis 6:14 (Noah's ark), שִׁטִּים עֲצֵי‎ Exodus 25:5, 10 20t. Exodus (of tabernacle and its furniture; all P) Deuteronomy 10:3; מִגְדַּלעֵֿץ‎ Nehemiah 8:4; עֵץ מוֺטִת‎ Jeremiah 28:13 (in figurative; opposed to ׳מ בַּרְזֶל‎); כְּלִיעֵֿץ‎ article of wood Leviticus 11:32; 15:12; Numbers 31:20, compare 35:18 (all P). Hence

b. עֵצִים‎ = articles of wood Exodus 7:19 (P; "" אֲבָנִים‎), 1 Chronicles 29:2; so בְרוֺשִׁים עֲצֵי‎ 2 Samuel 6:5 (but see בְּרוֺשׁ‎ near the end); specifically הָעֵץ‎ = helve of axe Deuteronomy 19:5; חֲנִית(וֺׅ עֵץ‎ 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (Kt חֵץ‎) = 1 Chronicles 20:5; 2 Samuel 21:19; 23:7; הָעֲגָלָה עֲצֵי‎ 1 Samuel 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made), הָאֲשֵׁרָה עֲצֵי‎ Judges 6:26; especially timbers of a house Zechariah 5:4; Habakkuk 2:11; Leviticus 14:45, of a city 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:5; Ezekiel 26:12; עֵץ‎ of pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps originally trees) Genesis 40:19 (E), Joshua 8:29 (twice in verse); 10:26 (twice in verse); 10:27 (all J E), Deuteronomy 21:22-23, late (in Persian) used for executing criminals (? by hanging = gallows), עַלעֵֿץ תָּלָח‎ Esther 2:23 8t. Esther.

c. of idols, וָאֶבֶן עֵץ‎ Deuteronomy 4:28; 28:36, 64; 29:16; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32, compare Jeremiah 2:27; 3:9; Habakkuk 2:19; so עֵץ‎ alone Hosea 4:12; Isaiah 40:20, of.44:19; 45:20; כָּלעֵֿץ אֲשֵׁרָה‎ Deuteronomy 16:21.

d. (fire-) wood Joshua 9:23, 27 (J), 9:21 (P), Deuteronomy 19:5; Isaiah 30:33 +, read עֵצִים‎ also Ezekiel 24:5 (for עצמים ᵑ0‎) Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices 1 Kings 18:23 (twice in verse) +, Genesis 22:7, 9 (twice in verse); Leviticus 1:7 6t. Leviticus (all P), 2 Samuel 24:22 "" 1 Chronicles 21:23, +; עוֺלָה עֲצֵי‎ Genesis 22:3, 6 (P).

e. (הָ)אֶרֶז עֵץ‎ cedar-wood, used in purifications Leviticus 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Numbers 19:6 (all P).

f. הָעֵץ מִּשְׁתֵּי‎ Joshua 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk. — Jeremiah 10:8 Gie proposes מֹעֲצֹתָו הֶבֶל‎ for הוּא עִץ הֲבָלִים ᵑ0‎. — כָּלעֵֿץ מֹאֶסֶת‎ Ezekiel 21:15 is dubious, Sm proposes כָלעֵֿץ מָאֵסְתָּ‎, Co כָלעֹֿז מֹאֲסֵי‎, Berthol כָּלעַֿז וּמְנַסֵּף‎; Siegf^{Kau Toy leave untranslated}.