BRAMBLE (Jewish Encyclopedia)
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A prickly shrub. The word serves as a translation for two Hebrew terms and a Greek one, all of which, however, should receive other renderings.
(1)
"Aṭad" ( (missing hebrew text) = the Assyrian "eṭidu") figures in the parable of Jotham. It is the last tree to which the other trees came in quest of a king for themselves (Jdg 9:14, 15). In Ps 5810 "aṭad" is translated "thorns" (compare Gen 50:11, "goren ha-aṭad"). The plant is one of the rhamnus group.
(2)
"Ḥoaḥ" ( (missing hebrew text) ) is only once translated "bramble"; elsewhere it is rendered "thorns."
(3)
Bάτος, out of twelve times that it occurs, is once translated "bramble" (Lk 6:44). See Thorns and Thistles.
This entry includes text from the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906.
