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# אֶזְרָח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H249

**a native** — used 17 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

a native [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/249/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֶזְרָח²: n.m. native [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/249/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 37, 35 a native (one arising from the soil; = ‘free tribesman’ RSSemi. 75)—abs. א׳ Lv 19:34 + 13 times; cstr. אֶזְרַח Ex 12:19 + 2 times;— a native Israelite, usually coll., c. art., כל־הָא׳ בישׂראל Lv 23:42 (H), cf. Nu 15:13 (P); elsewhere opp. גֵּר (q.v.):—הָא׳ בִּבְנֵי ישׂר׳ Nu 15:29 (P), cf. Ez 47:22; אֶזְרַח הָאָרֶץ Ex 12:19, 48 Nu 9:14 (all P); א׳ מִכֶּם Lv 19:34 v. also 17:15; 18:26; 24:16, 22 (all H); Ex 12:49 Lv 16:29 Nu 15:30 (all P), Jos 8:33 (D). a native tree, growing in its natural soil א׳ רַעֲנָן ψ 37:35 (fig. of prosperous wicked).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: native-born (12); the native-born (3); a native tree (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 37:35](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.35/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.35/#tree)

רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* I.have.seen a.wicked.\[person\] ruthless and spreading.himself like a.native.tree luxuriant

*JPS 1917:* I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.

[Numbers 15:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.13/#tree)

כָּל־הָאֶזְרָ֥ח יַעֲשֶׂה־כָּ֖כָה אֶת־אֵ֑לֶּה לְהַקְרִ֛יב אִשֵּׁ֥ה רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* every (the) native-born he.will.do thus (et) these.\[things\] to bring.near a.fire.offering of.an.odor of.soothing to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in presenting an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/249.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/249/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).