זית
Hebrew
editEtymology
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ז־ו־ת (z-w-t) |
Akin to Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm), Phoenician 𐤆𐤕 (zt), Galilean Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā), Syriac Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā), whence Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”), Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”), as well as to Old Armenian ձէթ (jētʻ), Old Georgian ზეთი (zeti), Semitic borrowings; from Northwest Semitic also Egyptian
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ḏt.
Noun
editזַיִת • (záyit) m (plural indefinite זֵיתִים, singular construct זֵית־, plural construct זֵיתֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- olive (species)
- olive tree (tree)
- olive (fruit)
- olive (colour)
Derived terms
edit- כַּזַּיִת (kazáyit)
- הַר הַזֵּיתִים (har hezeitím)
References
edit- H2132 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “זית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
edit- זית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he