Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7574 - רֶתֶם rethem or rothem (broom plant)

Original Word:	רֶתֶם
Transliteration:	rethem or rothem
Definition:	broom plant, retem
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(reh'-them)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

juniper tree

Or rothem {ro'-them}; from ratham; the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems) -- juniper (tree).

see HEBREW ratham

Englishman's Concordance

1) broom-plant, retem
1a) a kind of broom plant
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7573
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2226a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רֹ֫תֶםnoun masculine^{1Kings 19:5} a kind of broom-shrub, broom-plant, retem (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic

(on form Lag BN 152); ᵑ7רִיתְמָא, all=Biblical Hebrew); — absolute אֶחָד׳ר1 Kings 19:5, אחת׳ר V:4 Kt (אֶחָד Qr); plural שֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִיםלַחְמָםJob 30:4 (on text see Bu Che below); גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִיםPsalm 120:4, Rob^{BR i. 84, 203, 205, 500} Löw^{No. 313} Post^{Hastings, DB 'Juniper'} Che^{Ency. Bib. 'Juniper'}.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7574. רֹ֫תֶם (rethem or rothem) — 4 Occurrences

1 Kings 19:4
HEB:וַיֵּ֕שֶׁב תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם [אֶחָת כ]
NAS: under a juniper tree; and he requested
KJV: under a juniper tree: and he requested
INT: and sat under A juniper a requested

1 Kings 19:5
HEB:וַיִּישַׁ֔ן תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם אֶחָ֑ד וְהִנֵּֽה־
NAS: under a juniper tree; and behold,
KJV: under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel
INT: and slept under A juniper a and behold

Job 30:4
HEB:שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃
NAS: is the root of the broom shrub.
KJV: by the bushes, and juniper roots
INT: the bushes is the root of the broom food

Psalm 120:4
HEB:עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים׃
NAS: With the [burning] coals of the broom tree.
KJV: of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
INT: With the coals of the broom

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