HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H815
אֵ֫שֶׁל
e.shel — tamarisk
tamarisk tree
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Tamarisk
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G6126
ἀγριομυρίκη
agriomurikē — tamarisk
tamarisk
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Heb. ‘eshel (Gen. 21:33; 1 Sam. 22:6; 31:13, in the R.V.; but in A.V., “grove,” “tree”); Arab. asal. Seven species of this tree are found in Palestine. It is a “very graceful tree, with long feathery branches and tufts closely clad with the minutest of leaves, and surmounted in spring with spikes of beautiful pink blosoms, which seem to envelop the whole tree in one gauzy sheet of colour” (Tristram’s Nat. Hist.).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.