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Topic:
Thoughts
And Things Of The Bible -- Bay
Tree
The bay tree was named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The
Hebrew word so rendered is ereh , which simply means "native
born", i.e., a tree not transplanted, but growing on its native soil,
and therefore luxuriantly. If the psalmist intended by this word to denote
any particular tree, it may have been the evergreen bay laurel (Laurus
nobilis), which is a native of Palestine. Instead of "like a green
bay tree" in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has,
"like a green tree in its native soil."
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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