Word Study · Strong's H7574 · Hebrew
רֶתֶם
rethem
reh'-them
“the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems)
Rendered in the KJV as
juniper (tree).
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- רֹ֣תֶם2
- רְתָמִ֣ים1
- רְתָמִֽים׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- a broom plant2
- broom plants2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine plural2
- noun · masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 2
- HNcmsa · 2
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1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 19:4רֹ֣תֶםrotemnoun · masculine singularwhile he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”here: a broom plant
- 1 Kings 19:5רֹ֣תֶםrotemnoun · masculine singularThen he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”here: a broom plant