* enquired.
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* fetch.
Jos 8:2,7 1Ch 14:14 Mt 9:29,30 8:23-25 Joh 9:6,7
* the mulberry trees.
The word {becha(8b6d),} rendered mulberry trees, is rendered by
Aquila, [apion,] pear-trees, as the LXX. also render in
1; Ch 14:14, 15; and so the Vulgate in both places has
{pyrorum.} The Rabbins, however, believe {bacha} signifies the
mulberry-tree; with whom Ursinus agrees. It more probably
denotes a large shrub which the Arabs still call {baca,} from
its distilling an odoriferous gum, from {bachah} to distil, as
tears. Of this opinion is Celsius, who quotes a passage from
Abulfadi, who describes it as a balsam shrub, having longish
leaves, and bearing a large fruit with an acrid taste. M.
Forskal mentions a tree by the name of {b(9163)a,} with leaves
rather ovated, smooth, entire: its berries are poisonous to
the sheep.
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