Lexical Definition

‎בְּרוֹשׁ‎ bᵉrôwsh (ber-osh') cypress ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

fir (tree).

• a cypress (?) tree
• hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)

1) cypress, fir, juniper, pine
1a) a noble tree (lit.)
1b) of stateliness (fig.)
1c) material for temple

See Greek: Κεδρών · προηγέομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בְּרוֺשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Hos 14:9*} cypress or fir (Assyrian burâšu COT^Glossary Aramaic ‎בּרוֺתא‎, , compare ‎בְּרוֺת‎ below, see also Greek βράθυ, Latin bratum, cypress, juniper (PS); in favour of cypress, also ᵐ5 ᵑ6 & so Thes; in favour of fir or pine, ᵑ9 Rob in Rob-Ges (because cypress not now indigenous on Lebanon); compare also RS^{Proph. iv. n. 20} who lays stress on Phoenician proper name, of a location ‎אי בשם‎ (= ‎איברושים‎) = Greek Πιτυοῦσαι i.e. isle of firs; — see further Schroed^{Phön. Spr. 99} Löw^{No. 59 &} Brathu as name of Hermon Philo Byblus in Euseb^{Praep. Evang. i. 10}) — ‎בְּרוֺשׁ‎ Hos 14:9* + 4 t.; ‎בִּרוֺשִׁים‎ 2Sam 6:5 + 11: t., ‎בְּרשִׁים‎ Nah 2:4*, ‎בְּרוֺשָׁיו‎ Isa 37:24, ‎בְּרשָׁיו‎ 2Kgs 19:23 —

1. (literal) a noble tree, usually || ‎ארז‎ (except 2Sam 6:5; 1Kgs 6:34; 2Chr 3:5; Ps 104:17; Isa 55:13; Hos 14:9*; Nah 2:4*); as standing and growing Isa 14:8; Isa 37:24 = 2Kgs 19:23; Isa 41:19; Isa 55:13 (|| ‎הֲדַס‎) Isa 60:13 (|| ‎כבוד לבנון‎ = ‎ארז‎) Ps 104:17.

2. simile of luxuriance, stateliness Ezek 31:8, productiveness Hos 14:9* (Now thinks cypress), figurative for spear-shafts Nah 2:4* Hi-St, but ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ‎פרשׁים‎; figurative for mighty men Zech 11:2.

3. as material (always plural), for building temple (‎׳‎‎עצי ב‎) 1Kgs 5:22*; 1Kgs 5:24*; 1Kgs 6:34 compare 1Kgs 9:11; 2Chr 2:7* ‎׳‎‎עץ ב‎ (singular) 2Chr 3:5 (compare Baer's note); ‎׳‎‎צלעות ב‎ 1Kgs 6:15 for ships (no ‎עץ‎) Ezek 27:5 — ‎בְּכֹל עֲצֵי ברושׁים‎ 2Sam 6:5 apparently = with all musical instruments made of fir, but || 1Chr 13:8 ‎בְּכָלעֹֿז וּבְשִׁירִים‎ & so here ᵐ5 We Dr.

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