1. myrtle (tree/plant) — The myrtle tree (Myrtus communis), an evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean and Near East, mentioned in Zechariah's night vision (among myrtle trees in the hollow), in Isaiah's eschatological restoration (replacing briers), and in Nehemiah's Festival of Booths instructions. All six occurrences refer to the same botanical species whether in singular, plural, or with conjunctive prefix. Eng 'myrtle / myrtle trees', spa 'mirto / mirtos', hin 'menhdi ke per', arb 'al-as / as', kor 'hwaseokryu / dogeumyang', swa 'mhadasi / miahadasi'. 6×
AR["آسٌ","آسٍ","الْآسِ","وَآسًا"]·ben["এবং-মেহেদী","মেন্দি-গাছের","মেহেন্দীগাছ"]·DE["Myrte","[הדס]","[והדס]"]·EN["and-myrtle","myrtle","the-myrtle-trees"]·FR["[הדס]","[ההדסים]","[והדס]","les-myrtes"]·heb["ה-הדסים","הדס","ו-הדס"]·HI["और-मेंहदी","मेंहदी","मेंहदी-की","मेंहदी-के-पेड़ों","मेंहदी-के-पेड़ों-के"]·ID["dan-pohon-murad","murad","pohon-murad","pohon-pohon-murad"]·IT["[הדס]","[והדס]","i-mirti","mirto"]·jav["hadass","lan-wit-hadhas","wit-lawang","wit-mirta"]·KO["그-화석류-나무들","그리고-도금양과","도금양의","도금양이"]·PT["as-murtas","e-murta","murta"]·RU["-миртов","и-мирт","мирт","мирта"]·ES["los-mirtos","mirto","y-mirto"]·SW["mhadasi","miahadasi","na-mhadasi"]·TR["mersin","mersinlerin","mersinlerin-","ve-mersin"]·urd["اور-مہندی","مہندی-کے-درختوں","میندی","ہدس-کے"]
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† הֲדַס n.m. Is 55:13 myrtle (-tree), only late (NH, Aramaic id.; Arabic هَدَس (in the dialect of Yemen); also آسٌ, Aramaic אָסָה, ܐܳܣܳܐ; cf. LöwNo. 25)—abs. ה׳ Is 41:19 Ne 8:15; הֲדַ֑ס Is 55:13; pl. הַהֲדַסִּים Zc 1:8 + 2 times (on form cf. Ges§ 93, R. 4)—Is 41:19 (‖ תְּאַשּׁוּר, תִּדְהָר, בְּרוֹשׁ, עֵץ שָׁ֑מֶן, שִׁטָּה, אֶרֶז); Is 55:13 (‖ בְּרוֹשׁ; opp. הַסִּרְפַּד), עֲלֵי הֲדַס Ne 8:15 (‖ ע׳ עֵץ עָבוֹת, ע׳ תְּמָרִים, ע׳ עֵץ־שֶׁמֶן, עֲלֵי־זַיִת); pl. Zc 1:8, 10, 11.