אֵשֶׁל, אשל to be firmly rooted, , v. אשש; v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.)
אֵשֶׁל, tamarisk, symbol of strength and eminence.—Pl. אֲשָׁלִים, const. אֶשְׁלֵי. Y. B. Mets. I, end, 8ᵃ א׳ דיינין וכ׳ the eminent (old) among the Babylonian scholars are but like the pidgeons (the young) among the Palestinean; cmp. Y. Ned. VI, 40ᵃ bot.
אֵשֶׁל, plantation, pleasure-garden, tent. Sot. 10ᵃ; Gen. R. s. 54 end (ref. to Gen. XXI, 33, v. Targ. a. l.).—
אֵשֶׁל, pr. n. Eshel, a river in Assyria. Snh. 92ᵇ. Yalk. Ezek. 376 אשור).