Ch 20:5 , 2 S 21:19 ; 23:7 ; הָעֲגָלָה עֲצֵי 1 S 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made), עֲצֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה Ju 6:2 6; especially timbers of a house Zc 5:4 Hb 2:11 Lv 14:45 , of a city 1 K 15:22 = 2 Ch 16: 5, Ez 26:12 ; עֵץ of pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps orig. tree ) Gn 40:19 ( E ), Jos 8:29 ^(×2); 10:26 ^(×2), 27 (all JE), Dt 21:22 , 23 ; late (in Pers. ) used for executing criminals (? by hanging = gallows ), תָּלָה עַל־עֵץ Est 2:23 + 8 times Est. • c. of idols, עֵץ וָאֶבֶן Dt 4:2 8; 28:36 , 64 ; 29:16 2 K 19:18 = Is 37:1 9, Ez 20:32 , cf. Je 2:2 7; 3:9 Hb 2:1 9; so עֵץ alone Ho 4:12 Is 40:2 0, cf. 44:1 9; 45:20 ; אֲשֵׁרָה כָּל־עֵץ Dt 16:2 1. d. (fire-) wood Jos 9:2 3, 27 ( J ), v 21 ( P ), Dt 19:5 Is 30:33 +, read עֵצִים also Ez 24:5 (for MT עצמים Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices 1 K 18:23 ^(×2) +, Gn 22:7 , 9 ^(×2) Lv 1:7 + 6 times Lv (all P ), 2 S 24:22 || 1 Ch 21:3 3, + ; עֲצֵי עֹולָה Gn 22: 3, 6 ( P ). e. עֵץ (הָ)אֶרֶז cedar-wood , used in purifications Lv 14:4 , 6 , 49 , 51 , 52 Nu 19:6 (all P ). f. פִּשְׁתֵּי הָעֵץ Jos 2:6 woody-flax , i.e. flax on the stalk.— Je 10:8 Gie proposes הֶבֶל מֹעֲצֹתָו for MT הֲבָלִים עֵץ הוּא .— מֹאֶסֶת כָּל־עֵץ Ez 21:15 is dub. , Sm proposes מָאַסְתָּ כָל־עֵץ , Co מֹאֲסֵי כָל־עֹוֹ , Berthol וּמְאַסֵּף כָּל־עַז ; Siegf ^Kau Toy leave untranslated.

• II . עֵצָה S 6097, 6098 TWOT 1670b, 887a GK 6783, 6784, 6785 n.f.coll. trees Je 6: 6, but read עֵצָהּ ( עֵץ c. sf. 3 fs. ), so Orient. Codd. Ö ã É å Hi G f— 1. עֵצָה v. sub. יָעַץ .

עצה TWOT 1670, 1671 ( ^√ of foll.; meaning dub. ; cf. Assyrian eṣênṣêri, eṣênu of the back , prob. spine; Arabic عَصًا ( ˓aṣan ) os cruris , Lane ^2068c bone of the shank , عُصْعُص ( ˓uṣ˓uṣ ) os caudae coccygisve ) .

E Elohist. Pers. Persian. Bö F. Böttcher. Sm R. Smend (rarely = Samuel). Berthol A. Bertholet.

Siegf C. Siegfried.

Kau E. Kautzsch. fs. feminine singular. ãÑ Syriac Version. Hi F. Hitzig.

III.