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| <p> '''''ash''''' ( ארן , <i> ''''''ōren''''' </i> ; the Revised Version (British and American) Fir Tree; the Revised Version, margin Ash): A maker of idols "planteth a fir-tree (margin, "ash"), and the rain doth nourish it" ( Isaiah 44:14 ). It is a suggestion as old as Luther that the final letter ן , "n", was originally a ז , "z", and that the word should be <i> ''''''erez''''' </i> , "cedar"; the chief objection is that cedar occurs just before in the same verse. The word <i> ''''''ōren''''' </i> seems to be connected with the [[Assyrian]] <i> '''''irin''''' </i> , meaning fir or cedar or allied tree. "Fir" has support from the [[Septuagint]] and from the rabbis. Post ( <i> HDB </i> ) suggests as probable the stone pine, <i> Pinus pinea </i> , which has been extensively planted round Beirût and unlike most planted trees flourishes without artificial watering - "the rain doth nourish it." </p> <p> The translation "ash" was probably suggested by the fanciful resemblance of the [[Hebrew]] <i> ''''''ōren''''' </i> and the [[Latin]] <i> ornus </i> , the manna ash of Europe. Three varieties of ash flourish in Syria, <i> Fraxinus ornus </i> , <i> F. excelsior </i> and <i> F. oxycarpa </i> . The last mentioned, which is common in parts of North Palestine, being a large tree some 30 to 40 ft. high, might suit the context were there anything philological to support the idea. </p> | | <p> (Bear). See [[Astronomy]] . </p> |
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