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אֵזוֹב

«אֵזוֹב» in the Tanakh dictionary: hyssop — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 10 times · Key: 231 · BDB: אֵזוֹב

Glosses

hyssop (9); of.hyssop (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

hyssop tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. hyssop tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. 1 K 5:13 hyssop (Mish. אזוב, Aramaic ܙܽܘܦܐ, Arabic زُوفَا Frey., Ethiopic አዞብ 𝔊 ὕσσωπος, herb of purging qualities, but perhaps not precise botanical term, v. Di Lv 14:6f, also Löw93) prob. a kind of wild marjoram (origanum Maru) PostHast DB Hyssop.—א׳ abs. Ex 12:22 + 4 times; אֵזֹב Lv 14:4 + 4 times;—hyssop, little plant (contr. אֶרֶז cedar) 1 K 5:13, הָא׳ אֲשֶׁר יֹצֵא בַּקִּיר; Ex 12:22 (J) אֲגֻדַּת א׳ a bunch of h. for sprinkling blood on doorposts; without אגרת, used in cleansing from leprosy Lv 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; burnt with red heifer Nu 19:6; used in cleansing with ashes of red heifer v 18 (all P); cf. ψ 51:9 תְּחַטְּאֵנִי בְּ׳ וְאֶטְהָ֑ר.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אֵזוֹב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 51:9

תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִי בְאֵז֣וֹב וְאֶטְהָ֑ר תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג אַלְבִּֽין׃

Word for word: you will.cleanse.me.from.sin with hyssop so that.I.may.be.pure you will.wash.me and more than.snow I.will.become.white

JPS 1917: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Leviticus 14:49

וְלָקַ֛ח לְחַטֵּ֥א אֶת־הַבַּ֖יִת שְׁתֵּ֣י צִפֳּרִ֑ים וְעֵ֣ץ אֶ֔רֶז וּשְׁנִ֥י תוֹלַ֖עַת וְאֵזֹֽב׃

Word for word: and he.will.take to cleanse.from.sin (et) the house two birds and wood of.cedar and scarlet of.a.worm and hyssop

JPS 1917: And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

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