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ereb. Supposed to be the Salix Babylonica. Its boughs were used at
the Feast of Tabernacles, a season of joy; but at the captivity and since, it is a symbol of sorrow. It was on such that the captives hung their harps when in captivity, of which the Psalmist spoke prophetically. Lev. 23: 40; Job 40: 22; Ps. 137: 2; Isa. 15: 7; Isa. 44:
4. In Ezek. 17: 5 the word is tsaphtsaphah, supposed by some to be the Arabic safsâf, a willow or osier which grows by the water.