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tirzā תִּרְזָה ‘cypress’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably from rāzā רָזָה ‘to starve’

tirzā n, f
1) a type of tree
 1a) perhaps the cypress, holm-tree
 1b) meaning very dubious

Mentioned in Isaiah 44:14

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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