Lexical Definition

‎הֲדַס‎ hădaç (had-as') myrtle ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

myrtle (tree).

• the myrtle

1) myrtle (tree)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הֲדַס‎ noun masculine^{Isa 55:13} myrtle (-tree), only late (Late Hebrew, Aram id.; Arabic (in the dialect of Yemen); also , Aramaic ‎אָסָה‎, ; compare Löw^{No. 25}) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Isa 41:19; Neh 8:15 ‎הֲדַ֑ס‎ Isa 55:13 plural ‎הַהֲדַסִּים‎ Zech 1:8 + 2 t. (on form compare Ges^{«GKC:98»§ 98}, R. 4) — Isa 41:9 (|| ‎תְּאַשּׁוּר‎, ‎תִּדְהָר‎, ‎בְּרוֺשׁ‎, ‎עֵץ שָׁ֑מֶן‎, ‎שִׁטָּה‎ ‎אֶרֶז‎); Isa 55:13 (|| ‎בְּרוֺשׁ‎; opposed to ‎הַסִּרְפַֹּד‎), ‎עֲלֵי הֲדַס‎ Neh 8:15 (|| ‎עֵץ עָבוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎, ‎תְּמָרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎, ‎עֲץשֶֿׁמֶן‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎עֲלֵיזַֿיִת‎); plural Zech 1:8; Zech 1:10; Zech 1:11.

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