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Ash
ASH (אֹ֫רֶן, H815, pine;
It is more probable that the tree is the Aleppo Pine—a coniferous evergreen. Thus the Heb. oren may really mean conifer. The Akkad. erēny means “cedar.”
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(’oren; the Revised Version (British and American) FIR-TREE; the Revised Version, margin Ash): A maker of idols "planteth a fir- tree (margin, "ash"), and the rain doth nourish it" (
The translation "ash" was probably suggested by the fanciful resemblance of the Hebrew ’oren and the Latin ornus, the manna ash of Europe. Three varieties of ash flourish in Syria, Fraxinus ornus, F. excelsior and F. oxycarpa. The last mentioned, which is common in parts of North Palestine, being a large tree some 30 to 40 ft. high, might suit the context were there anything philological to support the idea.
(Bear). See Astronomy.