Word Study · Strong's H815 · Hebrew
אֵשֶׁל
eshel
ay'-shel
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼêshel
“a tamarisk tree”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a tamarisk tree; by extension, a grove of any kind
Rendered in the KJV as
grove, tree.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- אֶ֖שֶׁל1
- הָאֶ֤שֶׁל1
- הָאֶ֖שֶׁל1
How it is rendered · 2
- the tamarisk tree2
- a tamarisk tree1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular1
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- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmsa · 1
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Where this word lives
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1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 22:6הָאֶ֤שֶׁלhaeshelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSoon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.here: the tamarisk tree
- 1 Samuel 31:13הָאֶ֖שֶׁלhaeshelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.here: the tamarisk tree