זַ֔יִת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 זַ֔יִת

   ZA-yit

   of an olive tree
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת

   ke-NO-kef ZA-yit

   as the beating of an olive tree
3. clause🔊 וְנִשְׁאַר־בּ֤וֹ עֽוֹלֵלֹת֙ כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת שְׁנַ֧יִם שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה גַּרְגְּרִ֖ים בְּרֹ֣אשׁ אָמִ֑יר

   ve-nish-AR-BO o-le-LOT ke-NO-kef ZA-yit she-NA-yim she-lo-SHA gar-ge-RIM be-ROSH a-MIR

   and remains in it gleanings as the beating of an olive tree two three berries in the top of a treetop or highest branch
4. sentence🔊 וְנִשְׁאַר־בּ֤וֹ עֽוֹלֵלֹת֙ כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת שְׁנַ֧יִם שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה גַּרְגְּרִ֖ים בְּרֹ֣אשׁ אָמִ֑יר אַרְבָּעָ֣ה חֲמִשָּׁ֗ה בִּסְעִפֶ֙יהָ֙ פֹּֽרִיָּ֔ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-nish-AR-BO o-le-LOT ke-NO-kef ZA-yit she-NA-yim she-lo-SHA gar-ge-RIM be-ROSH a-MIR ar-ba-A kha-mi-SHA bis-e-PE-ha po-ri-YA ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE Israel

   and remains in it gleanings as the beating of an olive tree two three berries in the top of a treetop or highest branch four five in its branches of a fruit tree utterance of the LORD God of

Exegesis

The noun phrase olelot kenoqef zayit {עֽוֹלֵלֹת֙ כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת | ʿō-lē-lōṯ ke-nō-qēp za-yīt} ‘gleanings like the shaking of an olive tree’ employs the preposition kaf as a simile marker.

Root and etymology

z-y-t🔊 ז־י־תzayin–yod–tav

“olive; olive tree”

• 🔊 זֵיתzeitolive oilDeuteronomy 8:8