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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - זַיִת

זַיִת

H2132

Transliteration: zayith

Pronunciation: zay'-yith

Definition: olive


Original: זית

Transliteration: zayith

Phonetic: zay'-yith

BDB Definition:

  1. olive, olive tree (noun masculine)
    1. olive tree
    2. olives
  2. mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side (noun proper locative)

Origin: probably from an unused root [akin to H2099" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2099]

TWOT entry: 548

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