Lexical Definition

‎זַיִת‎ zayith (zay'-yith) (Mount of) Olives ^H:N-M
probably from an unused root (akin to ‎זִו‎)

olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.

• an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry

n m
1) olive, olive tree
1a) olive tree
1b) olives
n pr loc
2) mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side

See Greek: ἐλαία · ἐλαιών

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זַ֫יִת‎ noun masculine^{Ps 52:10*} olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , ‎זֵיתָא‎; Ethiopic Arabic olive-tree, olive, olive-oil; see Lag^{M iii. 215 ff} Hom^{Aufsätze 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 Lag^{Armen. Stud. § 1347 {abbrev}}‎ז‎ is Armen. loan-word, see also Lag^{M 1.c.; BN 219, Anm.}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Gen 8:11, construct ‎זֵית‎ Deut 8:8; 2Kgs 18:32 suffix ‎זֵיתְךָ‎ Deut 24:20, ‎זֵיתֶ֑ךָ‎ Exod 23:11; Deut 28:40 plural ‎זֵיתִים‎ Deut 6:11, etc.; —

1. olive-tree Judg 9:8; Judg 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 2Sam 15:23 insert ‎אֲשֶׁר‎ ‎׳‎‎הַזּ‎ (before ‎הַמִּדְבָּר‎, read ‎׳‎‎בַּמּ‎) ᵐ5^L Dr; also plural of two olive-trees Zech 4:3; Zech 4:11 ‎רַעֲנָן‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Ps 52:10* fresh, (thriving) olive-tree (simile of prosperity), so Jer 11:16 ‎׳‎‎עֲלֶהזֿ‎ Gen 8:11(J) olive-branch, sprig, compare Neh 8:15 (here + ‎עֲלֵי‎ ‎עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן‎, etc.); also plural ‎שְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים‎ Ps 128:3 olive-shoots (simile of children); ‎שִׁבֲּלֵי זֵיתִים‎ Zech 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 Exod 23:11 (J E; + ‎כֶּרֶם‎), Judg 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 Deut 8:8 compare 2Kgs 18:32 ‎׳‎‎נֹקֶף ז‎ striking or beating of olive-trees Isa 17:6; Isa 24:13 (simile of desolation at judgment of ‎׳‎‎י‎), compare ‎תַחְבֹּט‎ ‎׳‎‎כִּ‎ ‎זֵיתְךָ‎ Deut 24:20 rather more often plural; Amos 4:9 (|| ‎גַּנּוֺת‎, ‎כְּרָמִים‎, ‎תְּאֵנִים‎), 1Sam 8:14 (|| ‎שָׂדוֺת‎, ‎כְּרָמִים‎), compare also Deut 6:11; Deut 28:40a Josh 24:13; 2Kgs 5:26; 1Chr 27:28; Neh 5:11; Neh 9:25.

2. of fruit of olive-tree, olives: Deut 28:40b (with ‎שֶׁמֶן‎); ‎תִּדְרֹךְ זַיִת‎ Mic 6:15 (|| ‎שֶׁמֶן‎); also ‎שֶׁמֶן זַיִת‎ olive-oil Exod 27:20; Exod 30:24 (P) Lev 24:2 (H).

3. in designations of place: ‎מַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים‎ 2Sam 15:30 the ascent of the olive-trees (ᵐ5 ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν = Mount of Olives); ‎הַרהַֿזֵּיתִים‎ Zech 14:4 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν); the well-known hill east of Jerusalem (NT usually as Zech 14:4 ᵐ5, e.g. Mark 13:3 compare also ‎הָהָר‎ 1Kgs 11:7; Neh 8:15 ᵑ7 ‎טזּר זֵיתַיָּא‎ 2Kgs 23:13 compare 2Sam 15:30; Zech 14:4 etc.; ᵑ7 Song 8:5 ‎טוּר מִשְׁחָא‎, and so Talmud etc.)

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