swans E w, guinea-hens T h, fowls Trist r. AV RV ( ברברי = ינשׁוף water-birds Lv 11:17 å Sam ).

ברשׁ TWOT 289 ( ^√ of foll., meaning unknown ) ^.

• בְּרֹושׁ S 1265, 1266 TWOT 289a GK 1360, 1361 n.m. Ho 14:9 cypress or fir ( Assyrian burâšu COT ^Gloss, Aramaic בּרֹותא , ܒܪܽܘܬܳܐ ( bruto ) cf. בְּרוֹת infr ., v. also Gr βράθυ , Lat. bratum, cypress, juniper ( PS ); in favour of cypress , also Ö ã

& so Thes ; in favour of fir or pine , É Rob in RobGes (because cypress not now indigenous on Lebanon); cf. also RS ^Proph. iv. n. 20 who lays stress on Ph. n.pr.loc. אי בשם ( = אי ברושים ) = G r. Πιτυοῦσαι i.e. isle of firs; — v. further Schroed ^Phon. Spr., 99 Löw ^{No. 59} & Brathu as name of Hermon Philo Bybl. in Euseb Praep. Evang. i.
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) — בְּרֹושׁ Ho 14:9 + 4 times; בְּרֹושִׁים 2 S 6:5 + 11 times, בְּרשִׁים Na 2:4 , בְּרֹושָׁיו Is 37:2 4, בְּרשָׁיו 2 K 19:2 3;— 1. (lit.) a noble tree, usually || ארז (except 2 S 6:5 1 K 6:34 2 Ch 3:5 ψ 104:17 Is 55:13 Ho 14:9 Na 2:4 ); as standing and growing Is 14:8 ; 37:24 = 2 K 19:2 3, Is 41:19 ; 55:13 ( || הֲדַס ) 60:13 ( || כבוד לבנון = ארז ) ψ 104:17 . 2. sim. of luxuriance, stateliness Ez 31:8 , productiveness Ho 14:9 ( Now thinks cypress ), fig. for spear-shafts Na 2:4 H i -S t, but Ö ã פרשׁים ; fig. for mighty men Zc 11:2 . 3. as material (always pl. ), for building temple ( עצי ב׳ ) 1 K 5:22 , 24 ; 6:34 cf. 9:11 2 Ch 2: 7; עץ ב׳ (sing.) 2 Ch 3:5 ( cf. Baer’s n. ); צלעות ב׳ 1 K 6:1 5; for ships (no עץ ) Ez 27:5 ;—

Ew H. Ewals. Th O. Thenius. Tristr H. B. Tritram. AV Authorized Version.

Sam Samaria, Samaritan (rarely = Samuel). Gr H. Grätz.

PS R. Payne Smith, Thesaurus Syriacus. ãÑ Syriac Version.

Rob E. Robinson. RobGes Gesenuis, Hebrew and English Lexicon, translated by E. Robinson. RS W. Robertson Smith, Prophets of Israel.

Schroed P. Schröder, especially circa., Phönizische Sprache . Löw J. Löw, Aramäische Pflanzennamen .

No. number. Now W. Nowack. Hi F. Hitzig.

St H. Steiner.