Lexical Definition

‎רֶתֶם‎ rethem (reh'-them) broom ^H:N-M
or רֹתֶם rôthem (ro'-them); from ‎רָתַם‎

juniper (tree).

• the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems)

1) broom-plant, retem
1a) a kind of broom plant

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רֹ֫תֶם‎ noun masculine^{1Kgs 19:5} a kind of broom-shrub, broom-plant, retem (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic (on form Lag BN 152); ᵑ7 ‎רִיתְמָא‎, all = Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ‎אֶחָד‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ 1Kgs 19:5, ‎אחת‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ V:4 Kt (‎אֶחָד‎ Qr); plural ‎שֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים‎ ‎לַחְמָם‎ Job 30:4 (on text see Bu Che below); ‎גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִים‎ Ps 120:4, Rob^{BR i. 84, 203, 205, 500} Löw^{No. 313} Post^{Hastings, DB 'Juniper'} Che^{Ency. Bib. 'Juniper'}.

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