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H249 אֶזְרָח (ʼezrâch) ez-rawkh'
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Strong's Definition

from 2224 (in the sense of springing up); a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)

KJV Usage: bay tree, (home-)born (in the land), of the (one's own) country (nation)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֶזְרָח (ez.rach) — born. 1) a native (one rising from the soil) 1a) of man, native Israelites 1b) of tree, native (to Israel)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · זרח

Classes | ≠ גֵּר

native-born, citizen = person born in the land, as opposed to the resident alien

EXO 12:19 · EXO 12:48 · EXO 12:49 · LEV 16:29 · LEV 17:15 · LEV 18:26 · LEV 19:34 · LEV 23:42 · LEV 24:16 · LEV 24:22 · NUM 9:14 · NUM 15:13 · NUM 15:29 · NUM 15:30 · JOS 8:33 · EZK 47:22

Trees

native tree = tree that grows in its natural habitat; ≈ associated with well-being

PSA 37:35

1 LEV 23:42 This is the only occurrence in the MT (except PSA 37:35) in which אֶזְרָח is not paralleled by גֵר | for an explanation, see Milgrom 2 PSA 37:35 MT HOTTP-B אֶזְרָח רַעְַנָן NIV "a green tree in its native soil" NJPS "a robust native tree" REB "a spreading tree in its native soil" CEV strong like trees in rich soil" | RSV NJB NRSV GNT "a cedar of Lebanon" = ארז הלבנון

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֶזְרָח n.m. a native (one arising from the soil = ‘free tribesman’) base

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