Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands.
Original word: בְּרוֹתִים
Transliteration: beroth
Definition (short): cypresses
Definition (full): cypress or fir
Word Origin:
an Aramaic form of berosh
Definition: cypress or fir
NASB Translation: cypresses (1).
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A variation of
browsh; the cypress (or some elastic tree) -- fir.
see HEBREW browsh
KJV:
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
NASB:
"The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses.