Word Study · Strong's H249 · Hebrew
אֶזְרָח
ezrach
ez-rawkh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼezrâch
“a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)
Rendered in the KJV as
bay tree, (home-) born (in the land), of the (one's own) country (nation).
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- הָֽאֶזְרָח֙3
- הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח2
- כָּֽאֶזְרָ֔ח2
- בָּאֶזְרָ֖ח1
- הָאֶזְרָ֥ח1
- וּבְאֶזְרַ֥ח1
- וּלְאֶזְרַ֥ח1
- כְּאֶזְרַ֣ח1
- כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח1
- כְּאֶזְרָ֣ח1
- כְּאֶזְרָח֙1
- כָּאֶזְרָ֖ח1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 10
- the native-born6
- as the native-born2
- like [the] native-born2
- among the native-born1
- and in [the] native-born of1
- and to [the] native-born of1
- as the native1
- like [the] native-born of1
- like a native tree1
- to the native-born1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular6
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular5
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 6
- HRd/Ncmsa · 5
- HR/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/R/Ncmsc · 2
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 12:19וּבְאֶזְרַ֥חuveezrachconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.here: and in [the] native-born of
- Exodus 12:48כְּאֶזְרַ֣חkeezrachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.here: like [the] native-born of
- Exodus 12:49לָֽאֶזְרָ֑חlaezrachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThe same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”here: to the native-born
Leviticus7 occurrences
- Leviticus 16:29הָֽאֶזְרָ֔חhaezrachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThis is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—here: the native-born
- Leviticus 17:15בָּאֶזְרָ֖חbaezrachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAnd any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.here: among the native-born
- Leviticus 18:26הָֽאֶזְרָ֔חhaezrachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.here: the native-born
- Leviticus 19:34כְּאֶזְרָ֣חkeezrachpreposition + noun · masculine singularYou must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.here: like [the] native-born
- Leviticus 23:42הָֽאֶזְרָח֙haezrachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularYou are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,here: the native-born
- Leviticus 24:16כָּֽאֶזְרָ֔חkaezrachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.here: as the native-born
- Leviticus 24:22כָּאֶזְרָ֖חkaezrachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularYou are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”here: as the native-born
Numbers4 occurrences
- Numbers 9:14וּלְאֶזְרַ֥חuleezrachconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”here: and to [the] native-born of
- Numbers 15:13הָאֶזְרָ֥חhaezrachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularEveryone who is native-born shall prepare these things in this way when he presents an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.here: the native-born
- Numbers 15:29הָֽאֶזְרָח֙haezrachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularYou shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.here: the native-born
- Numbers 15:30הָֽאֶזְרָח֙haezrachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.here: the native-born