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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 ...
Rabbeinu Yitzchak (the Ri) defines it as one-half of a beytza (the volume of a Talmudic-Era chicken egg, literally meaning “egg”). [1] Maimonides specified that a 'grogeret' (dried fig) was one-third of a beytza, making this the maximum size for a kezayit, which is smaller. Rabbeinu Tam made the argument explicitly, though, using a slightly ...
The fig tree is the third tree to be mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible.The first is the Tree of life and the second is the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve used the leaves of the fig tree to sew garments for themselves after they ate the "fruit of the Tree of knowledge", [1] when they realized that they were naked.
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.
Chol (Hebrew: חוֹל ḥōl), in most passages of the Hebrew Bible, is a word for sand. [1] The Leningrad Codex reads: אֹמַר עִם־קִנִּ֣י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝כַח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים׃ ’omar ‘im-qinni ’egva‘; vekhachol, ’arbeh yamim. —
Zarka is also sometimes called tsinnor. Properly speaking, tsinnor is the name it receives when appears on the three poetic books (Job, Proverbs and Psalms, or the א״מת books, from their initials in Hebrew), and zarqa the name it gets on the remaining 21 books of the Hebrew Bible (also known as the prosaic books). [3]
They are often distinguished from other species of fig by its large heart-shaped leaves and massive trunk. The figs grow in clusters, are 2 cm (0.79 in) in diameter, and are spherical. When ripe they are green with pale green spots. They are hairy and their opening is clear. Ficus vasta grows as an epiphyte or as a chasmophyte. As the young ...
The word Boukha was adopted back into the Russian language, where it's used as бухать (pronounced "boukhat'") which is a slang term for "to drink heavily" or бухарик ("boukharik") which is a slang term for a drunkard. It is obtained by simple distillation of Mediterranean figs. Its alcohol percentage ranges between 36 and 40 percent.