אֵשֶׁל
eshel · tamarisk
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H815 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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eshel (אֵשֶׁל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “tamarisk”.
A hardy desert tree that gives shade.
How to say it
e·shel
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A desert tree that gives shade.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Genesis 21:33
He planted a tamarisk in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of YHWH, El Olam.
- 1 Samuel 22:6
Saul heard that David had been discovered, and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah under the tamarisk on the height, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing by him.
- 1 Samuel 31:13
They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.