BDB1359
בְּרוֺשׁ
noun masculine
Hos 14:9
cypress or fir (Assyrian
burâšu
COTGlossary Aramaic בּרוֺתא,
[untranscribed source text 724], compare בְּרוֺת below, see also Greek βράθυ, Latin
bratum, cypress, juniper (PS); in favour of cypress, also
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& so Thes; in favour of fir or
pine,
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Rob in Rob-Ges (because cypress
not now indigenous on Lebanon); compare also RSProph. iv. n. 20
who lays stress on Phoenician proper name, of a location אי בשם (= איברושים) =
Greek Πιτυοῦσαι i.e. isle of firs; — see further SchroedPhön. Spr. 99
LöwNo. 59 &
Brathu as name of Hermon Philo Byblus in EusebPraep.
Evang. i. 10) — בְּרוֺשׁ
Hos 14:9 + 4 t.;
בִּרוֺשִׁים
2Sam 6:5 + 11: t.,
בְּרשִׁים
Nah 2:4,
בְּרוֺשָׁיו
Isa 37:24,
בְּרשָׁיו
2Kgs 19:23 —
1. (literal) a noble tree, usually || ארז (except 2Sam 6:5; 1Kgs 6:34; 2Chr 3:5; Ps 104:17; Isa 55:13; Hos 14:9; Nah 2:4); as standing and growing
Isa 14:8; Isa 37:24 =
2Kgs 19:23;
Isa 41:19;
Isa 55:13 (||
הֲדַס) Isa 60:13 (|| כבוד לבנון = ארז) Ps 104:17.
2. simile of luxuriance, stateliness Ezek 31:8, productiveness Hos 14:9 (Now
thinks cypress), figurative for spear-shafts Nah 2:4
Hi-St, but
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פרשׁים; figurative for mighty men Zech 11:2.
3. as material (always plural), for building temple (׳
עצי ב) 1Kgs 5:22; 1Kgs 5:24; 1Kgs 6:34 compare 1Kgs 9:11; 2Chr 2:7
׳
עץ ב (singular) 2Chr 3:5 (compare Baer's note); ׳
צלעות ב
1Kgs 6:15 for
ships (no עץ) Ezek 27:5 — בְּכֹל עֲצֵי ברושׁים
2Sam 6:5 apparently =
with all musical instruments made of fir, but || 1Chr 13:8
בְּכָלעֹֿז וּבְשִׁירִים & so here
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We
Dr.
