Midvash

אֵשֶׁלʼêshel

tamarisk-tree (Genesis 21:33; 1 Samuel 22:6; 1 Samuel 31:13)

Pronunciation: ay'-shel · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H815

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 21:33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he worshiped the Lord, the Eternal God.
  • 1 Samuel 22:6 The news of his arrival in Judah soon reached Saul. At the time, the king was sitting beneath the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, holding his spear and surrounded by his officers.
  • 1 Samuel 31:13 Then they took their bones and buried them beneath the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).