STRONGS NUMBER H7574


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

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

see HEBREW ratham

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7574. rethem

or rothem רֹ֫תֶםnoun masculine1 Kings 19:5 a kind of broom-shrub, broom-plant, retem (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic (on form Lag BN 152); רִיתְמָא ᵑ7‎, all = Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳ר אֶחָד19:5, ׳ר אחת‎ V:4 Kt (אֶחָד‎ Qr); plural לַחְמָם רְתָמִים שֹׁרֶשׁJob 30:4 (on text see Bu Che below); רְתָמִים גַּחֲלֵיPsalm 120:4, RobBR i. 84, 203, 205, 500 LöwNo. 313 PostHastings, DB 'Juniper' CheEncy. Bib. 'Juniper'.