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The Seven Species (Hebrew: שִׁבְעַת הַמִינִים, Shiv'at HaMinim) are seven agricultural products—two grains and five fruits—that are listed in the Hebrew Bible as being special products of the Land of Israel. The seven species listed are wheat, barley, grape, fig, pomegranates, olive (oil), and date (date honey) (Deuteronomy ...
The romanization of the Hebrew as etrog from Sephardi Hebrew is widely used. The Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation is esrog or esrig. It has been transliterated as etrog or ethrog in scholarly works. [2] The Hebrew word is thought to derive from the Persian name for the fruit, wādrang, which first appears in the Vendidad.
Bikkurim (Hebrew: בכורים, / b ɪ ˌ k uː ˈ r iː m, b ɪ ˈ k ʊər ɪ m /), [1] or first-fruits, are a type of sacrificial offering which was offered by ancient Israelites. In each agricultural season, the first-grown fruits were brought to the Temple and laid by the altar, and a special declaration recited.
And you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the L ORD your God for seven days. English Standard Version. The Hebrew terms in this verse are: pərī ‘ēṣ hāḏār (פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר ), fruit of a ...
In the Hebrew Bible, the sycomore is mentioned seven times (Biblical Hebrew: שִׁקְמָה, romanized: shiqmā; Strong's number 8256) and once in the New Testament (Koinē Greek: συκομoραία, romanized: sykomoraia or συκομορέα sykomorea; [15] Strong's number 4809). It was a popular and valuable fruit tree in Jericho and ...
The Hebrew word אזוב (ezov, esov, or esob) and the Greek word ὕσσωπος probably share a common (but unknown) origin. [4]
The Hebrew phrase Biblical Hebrew: חבצלת השרון , romanized: ḥăḇaṣṣeleṯ haššārōn was translated by the editors of the King James Version (KJV) as "rose of Sharon"; however, previous translations had rendered it simply as "the flower of the field" (Septuagint ἐγὼ ἄνθος τοῦ πεδίου, [2] Vulgate ego ...
The sycamine tree (Greek: συκάμινος sykaminοs) [1] is a tree mentioned in both classical Hebrew literature (Isaiah 9:10; [2] Mishnah Demai 1:1, [3] et al.) and in Greek literature. [Note 1] The tree is also known by the names sycamore fig tree (Ficus sycomorus), and fig-mulberry. It appears also in Luke 17:6 and 19:4 of the Bible.