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There are four Hebrew words so translated, but they are all apparently from the same root, signifying 'strong, hardy,' and are mostly applied to the oak, which lives to a great age. Three species of the Quercus are known in Palestine, the pseudo-coccifera, aegilops, and infectoria. It is symbolical of strength, and affords shade from the heat of the sun. Gen. 35: 8; Joshua 24: 26; Isa. 1: 29;
Isa. 2: 13; Ezek. 27: 6; Hosea 4: 13; Amos 2: 9; Zech. 11: 2. The
word elah is judged to refer to the terebinth (pistacia terebinthus),
though generally translated oak. Gen. 35: 4; Judges 6: 11, 19; 2
Sam. 18: 9-14; 1 Kings 13: 14; 1 Chr. 10: 12; Isa. 1: 30; Ezek. 6: 13.