myrtle
ha.das denotes a tree or its branches, named among planted trees, replacement growth, and materials for booths.
The term denotes a tree in scenes of planting and growth, in a list of branches gathered for booths, and as a plural setting in which figures stand; the supplied forms are singular in the planting and branch lists and plural in the Zechariah scene.
Senses in use
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Tree and its branches in named settings · dominant
The singular form occurs among trees given in the wilderness in Isaiah 41:19, among plants that “shall come up” in place of the nettle in Isaiah 55:13, and in the branches to be brought for making booths in Nehemiah 8:15. The plural forms mark the place “among the myrtles” where the standing man and the messenger are located in Zechariah 1:8, Zechariah 1:10, and Zechariah 1:11; in these verses the APB renders the setting with “myrtles.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently uses “myrtle” for the singular tree or branches and “myrtles” for the plural setting. These renderings confirm the verse-level presentation rather than isolate every grammatical contribution of the Hebrew form.