2Sa 5:23 | TSK | e4.org | inquired fetch , ; ; , ; the mulberry trees The word bechaim , rendered mulberry trees, is rendered by Aquila, απιων , pear-trees, as the LXX also render in ; 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 beca , with leaves rather ovated, smooth, entire. Its berries are poisonous to the sheep.

‏ 2 Samuel 5:23

fetch Josh 8:2, Josh 8:7; 1Chr 14:14; Matt 9:29-30, Matt 8:23-25; John 9:6-7

the mulberry trees The word bechaim, rendered mulberry trees, is rendered by Aquila, απιων, pear-trees, as the LXX also render in 1Chr 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 beca, with leaves rather ovated, smooth, entire. Its berries are poisonous to the sheep.