815. eshel

Strong's Lexicon

eshel: Tamarisk tree

Original Word: אֵשֶׁל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: eshel
Pronunciation: EH-shel
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-shel)
Definition: Tamarisk tree
Meaning: a tamarisk tree, a grove of any kind

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a tamarisk tree
NASB Translation
tamarisk tree (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֵ֫שֶׁל noun masculine tamarisk-tree (Arabic , Sabean אתֿל SabDenkm⁶⁵ compare DHM^{BS ii. 958}; on an Aramaic אַתְלָא see Löw^{No. 38}; compare Tristr^{FFP 250}) planted by Abraham Genesis 21:33 (J); in 1 Samuel 22:6 Saul is dwelling בַּגִּבְעָה תַּחַתהָֿאֵשֶׁל בָּרָמָה; 1 Samuel 31:13 Saul and his sons are buried ׳תַּחַתהָֿא; it was perhaps a sacred tree, marking shrine.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

grove, tree

From a root of uncertain signification; a tamarisk tree; by extension, a grove of any kind -- grove, tree.

Forms and Transliterations

אֶ֖שֶׁל אשל הָאֶ֖שֶׁל הָאֶ֤שֶׁל האשל ’e·šel ’ešel Eshel hā’ešel hā·’e·šel haEshel

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 21:33
HEB: וַיִּטַּ֥ע אֶ֖שֶׁל בִּבְאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע
NAS: [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba,
KJV: And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba,
INT: planted A tamarisk Beersheba called

1 Samuel 22:6
HEB: בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה תַּֽחַת־ הָאֶ֤שֶׁל בָּֽרָמָה֙ וַחֲנִית֣וֹ
NAS: under the tamarisk tree on the height
KJV: in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah,
INT: Gibeah under the tamarisk the height his spear

1 Samuel 31:13
HEB: וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ תַֽחַת־ הָאֶ֖שֶׁל בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁה וַיָּצֻ֖מוּ
NAS: them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh,
KJV: and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh,
INT: and buried under the tamarisk Jabesh and fasted

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 815
3 Occurrences

’e·šel — 1 Occ.
hā·’e·šel — 2 Occ.