Lexical Definition

‎אֵשֶׁל‎ ʼêshel (ay'-shel) tamarisk ^H:N-M
from a root of uncertain signification

grove, tree.

• a tamarisk tree
• by extension, a grove of any kind

1) tamarisk tree

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 Gen 21:33 (J); in 1Sam 22:6 Saul is dwelling ‎בַּגִּבְעָה תַּחַתהָֿאֵשֶׁל בָּרָמָה‎; 1Sam 31:13 Saul and his sons are buried ‎׳‎‎תַּחַתהָֿא‎; it was perhaps a sacred tree, marking shrine.

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