יִצְהָר
yitshâr · H3323 · Hebrew · 23 occurrences
A word for 2 things
- Olive oilFood and Drink203 verses
- Anointing oilRoyalty24 verses
Meanings
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olive oil
High quality oil extracted from the fruits of the olive tree during the first pressing, used as food and in various religious rituals
ExamplesDeuteronomy 7:13 “And He will love you, bless you, and make you numerous; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain, your new wine, and your oil, the newborn of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you.
Deuteronomy 11:14 that He will provide rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, so that you may gather your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
Deuteronomy 12:17 “You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, new wine, or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your vowed offerings which you vow, or your voluntary offerings, or the contribution of your hand.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךָyour 5
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- מֵאָהhundred 1
- נָשָׁאto lend 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פְּרִיfruit, produce 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָמַלto languish 1
What is done to itIt is the object
7 occurrences in 6 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
- עָנָהto answer 1
- אָסַףto gather, to assemble 1
- שׁוּבto return, to turn back 1
- שׁוּקto irrigate 1
- שָׁלַחto send, to send away 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
- לto/for 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- מַעֲשֵׂרtithe, tenth 2
- בֵּןson 1
- זַיִתolive tree 1
- חֶלֶבfat 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- שֶׁמֶן shemen · H8081 · oil, ointment, fat
- יִצְהָר (yitshâr, H3323) typically denotes fresh or pure oil, often in agricultural/cultic contexts; שֶׁמֶן (shemen, H8081) is the general term for oil, anointing oil, and ointment across all contexts.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἔλαιον élaion · G1637 · olive oil
- Greek ἔλαιον denotes the physical substance (olive oil) used in anointing contexts, while Hebrew יִצְהָר emphasizes the consecrated or ritual aspect of anointed oil; the Greek term is semantically broader (general olive oil) but contextually overlaps in sacred usage.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Liquids001002005007
- יִצְהָר denotes fresh olive oil as a liquid produce, regularly listed alongside grain and new wine among the land's agricultural blessings (Deuteronomy 7:13; 11:14).
- Names of People003001007
- This entry carries no independent personal-name sense of its own; every tagged occurrence is the common noun for fresh oil, as in “All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain” (Numbers 18:12). The “Names of People” domain is bundle-shared with the related personal name יִצְהָר (Yitshâr, H3324), which it is not independently attested as here.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3323. yitshar I. יִצְהָר noun [masculine] fresh oil (newly appeared, compare 'Ausbruch'…
I. יִצְהָר noun [masculine] fresh oil (newly appeared, compare 'Ausbruch' LagBN 129 Köii. 1, 93; > Thes and others that which shines); — absolute ׳יִצ Hos 2:10 +, suffix יִצְהָרֶ֑ךָ Deu 7:13 +; — fresh oil, as product of land, in un-manufactured state, usually + דָּגָן תִּירוֺשׁ, etc., rich possession, gift of, ׳י Hos 2:10; Hosea 2:24; Jer 31:12; Deu 7:13; Deu 11:14; Joe 2:19, Joe 2:24, so יִצ ׳חֵלֶב Num 18:12; Deu 28:51; Hag 1:11; 2Ch 32:28; Neh 5:11; tithed Deu 12:17; Deu 14:23; firstfruits for priest Deu 18:4; Neh 10:38 compare Nehemiah 10:40; Neh 13:5 (tithe for Levites), Neh 13:12, for priest and Levite 2Ch 31:5; יִצ ׳זֵית 2Ki 18:32 oil-olive, i.e. oil-yielding olive-trees, compare ׳יִצ alone Joe 1:10; ׳יִצ as anointing oil only in הַיִּצ ׳בְּנֵי Zec 4:14, i.e. anointed ones.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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