זַיִת

H2132. zayith
זַ֫יִת noun masculinePsalm 52:10 olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , זֵיתָא; Ethiopic Arabic olive-tree, olive, olive-oil; see LagM iii. 215 ff HomAufsätze 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 LagArmen. Stud. § 1347 {abbrev}ז is Armen. loan-word, see also LagM 1.c.; BN 219, Anm.); — absolute ׳ז Gen 8:11, construct זֵית Deu 8:8; 2Ki 18:32; suffix זֵיתְךָ Deu 24:20, זֵיתֶ֑ךָ Exo 23:11; Deu 28:40; plural זֵיתִים Deu 6:11, etc.; —
1 olive-tree Jdg 9:8-9, (personified, in Jotham's fable), Hos 14:7 (simile of beauty), Job 15:33 = (as casting off its flowers, simile of wicked man); in 2Sa 15:23 insert ׳הַזּ אֲשֶׁר (before הַמִּדְבָּר, read ׳בַּמּ) ᵐ5L Dr; also plural of two olive-trees Zec 4:3, Zec 4:11; ׳ז רַעֲנָן Psalm 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 + עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן עֲלֵי, etc.); also plural זֵיתִים שְׁתִלֵי Psa 128:3 olive-shoots (simile of children); זֵיתִים שִׁבֲּלֵי Zec 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 Exo 23:11 (J E; + כֶּרֶם), Jdg 15:5 (+ id.); עֵץהַֿזַּיִת Hag 2:19 (+ וְהָרִמּוֺן וְהַתְּאֵנָה הַגֶּפֶן); also in phrase מַעֲשֵׂהזַֿיִת כִּחֵשׁ Hab 3:17 the bearing, yield, of olive-trees (|| אֹכֶל לֹאעָֿשָׂה וּשְׁדֵמוֺר, compare also תְּאֵנָה and גֶּפֶן יְבוּל va); specifically שֶׁמֶן זֵית, oil-yielding olive-trees Deu 8:8 compare 2Ki 18:32; ז ׳נֹקֶף striking or beating of olive-trees Isa 17:6; Isa 24:13 (simile of desolation at judgment of ׳י), compare זֵיתְךָ ׳כִּ תַחְבֹּט Deu 24:20; rather more often plural; Amo 4:9 (|| תְּאֵנִים כְּרָמִים, גַּנּוֺת,), 1Sa 8:14 (|| כְּרָמִים שָׂדוֺת,), compare also Deu 6:11; Deu 28:40a Jos 24:13; 2Ki 5:26; 1Ch 27:28; Neh 5:11; Neh 9:25.
2 of fruit of olive-tree, olives: Deu 28:40b (with שֶׁמֶן); זַיִת תִּדְרֹךְ Mic 6:15 (|| שֶׁמֶן); also זַיִת שֶׁמֶן olive-oil Exo 27:20; Exo 30:24 (P) Lev 24:2 (H).
3 in designations of place: הַזֵּיתִים מַעֲלֵה 2Sa 15:30 the ascent of the olive-trees (ᵐ5 ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν = Mount of Olives); הַרהַֿזֵּיתִים Zec 14:4 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν); the well-known hill east of Jerusalem (NT usually as Zec 14:4 ᵐ5, e.g. Mar 13:3; compare also הָהָר 1Ki 11:7; Ezekiel 11:33; Neh 8:15; זֵיתַיָּא טזּר ᵑ7 2Ki 23:13 compare 2Sa 15:30; Zec 14:4 etc.; ᵑ7 Son 8:5 מִשְׁחָא טוּר, and so Talmud etc.)