זַ֫יִת noun masculineSl 52,10 olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , זֵיתָא; Ethiopic Arabic olive-tree, olive, olive-oil; see LagM iii. 215 ff HomAufsätze u. Abh., 1892, 94, 99 ff.; √dubious; Thes and most derive from assumed זהה be bright, fresh, luxuriant (see below זִוּ) + ת afformative which is. then treated as radical, compare Sta§ 187 a; but this not certain, compare Ol§ 119 b, 142 a; according to LagArmen. Stud. § 1347 {abbrev}ז is Armen. loan-word, see also LagM 1.c.; BN 219, Anm.); — absolute ׳ז 1 Mos 8,11, construct זֵית 5 Mos 8,8; 2 Kong 18,32 suffix זֵיתְךָ 5 Mos 24,20, זֵיתֶ֑ךָ 2 Mos 23,11; 5 Mos 28,40 plural זֵיתִים 5 Mos 6,11, etc.; —
1. olive-tree Dom 9,8;
Dom 9,9 (personified, in Jotham's fable),
Hos 14,7 (simile of beauty),
Job 15,33 = (as casting off its flowers, simile of wicked man); in
2 Sam 15,23 insert
אֲשֶׁר ׳הַזּ (before
הַמִּדְבָּר, read
׳בַּמּ)
ᵐ5L Dr; also plural of two
olive-trees Zak 4,3;
Zak 4,11 רַעֲנָן ׳ז Sl 52,10 fresh, (thriving)
olive-tree (simile of prosperity), so
Jer 11,16 ׳עֲלֶהזֿ 1 Mos 8,11(
J)
olive-branch, sprig, compare
Neh 8,15 (here +
עֲלֵי עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן, etc.); also plural
שְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים Sl 128,3 olive-shoots (simile of children);
שִׁבֲּלֵי זֵיתִים Zak 4,12 olive-branches (in Zechariah's vision);
זַיִת in representative or collective sense, =
olive-trees, groups of growing olive-trees, as property, source of wealth,
olive-yards 2 Mos 23,11 (
J E; +
כֶּרֶם),
Dom 15,5 (+
id.);
עֵץהַֿזַּיִת Hag 2,19 (+
הַגֶּפֶן וְהַתְּאֵנָה וְהָרִמּוֺן); also in phrase
כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂהזַֿיִת Hab 3,17 the bearing, yield, of
olive-trees (||
וּשְׁדֵמוֺר לֹאעָֿשָׂה אֹכֶל, compare also
תְּאֵנָה and
יְבוּל גֶּפֶן v
a); specifically
זֵית שֶׁמֶן,
oil-yielding olive-trees 5 Mos 8,8 compare
2 Kong 18,32 ׳נֹקֶף ז striking or
beating of olive-trees Es 17,6;
Es 24,13 (simile of desolation at judgment of
׳י), compare
תַחְבֹּט ׳כִּ זֵיתְךָ 5 Mos 24,20 rather more often plural;
Amos 4,9 (||
גַּנּוֺת,
כְּרָמִים,
תְּאֵנִים),
1 Sam 8,14 (||
שָׂדוֺת,
כְּרָמִים), compare also
5 Mos 6,11;
5 Mos 28,40a
Jos 24,13;
2 Kong 5,26;
1 Kron 27,28;
Neh 5,11;
Neh 9,25.
3. in designations of place:
מַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים 2 Sam 15,30 the ascent of the olive-trees (
ᵐ5 ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν = Mount of Olives);
הַרהַֿזֵּיתִים Zak 14,4 (twice in verse) (
ᵐ5τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν); the well-known hill east of Jerusalem (NT usually as
Zak 14,4 ᵐ5, e.g.
Mark 13,3 compare also
הָהָר 1 Kong 11,7;
Neh 8,15 ᵑ7 טזּר זֵיתַיָּא 2 Kong 23,13 compare
2 Sam 15,30;
Zak 14,4 etc.;
ᵑ7 Hoj 8,5 טוּר מִשְׁחָא, and so Talmud etc.)