Difference between revisions of "Caperberry"

<p> '''''kā´pẽr''''' -'''''ber''''' -'''''i''''' ( אביּונה , <i> ''''''ăbhı̄yōnāh''''' </i> ; κάππαρις , <i> '''''kápparis''''' </i> ; &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:5 the Revised Version, margin): The translation "the caperberry shall fail" (the Revised Version (British and American) "burst") instead of "desire shall fail" (the King James Version) has the support of the [[Septuagint]] and of some Talmudic writers (see G. F. Moore, <i> JBL </i> , X, 55-64), but it is doubtful. </p> <p> The caperberry is the fruit of the thorny caper, <i> Capparis spinosa </i> (Natural Order <i> Capparidaceae </i> ), a common [[Palestine]] plant with pretty white flowers and brightly colored stamens. [[Largely]] on account of its habit of growing out of crevasses in old walls it has been identified by some with the [[Hyssop]] (which see). The familiar "capers" of commerce are the young buds, but the berries were the parts most used in ancient times; their repute as excitants of sexual desire is ancient and widespread. Various parts of this plant are still used for medical purposes by the modern peasants of Palestine. </p>