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Willow (Ereb) (#84407)
Willow (Ereb)
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Concise Bible Dictionary: W
By:
George A. Morrish
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
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Salix Babylonica
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
40
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. (Leviticus 23:40)
;
Job 40:22
22
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. (Job 40:22)
;
Psa. 137:2
2
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. (Psalm 137:2)
;
Isa. 15:7
7
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. (Isaiah 15:7)
;
Isa. 44:4
4
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. (Isaiah 44:4)
). In
Ezekiel 17:5
5
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. (Ezekiel 17:5)
thy word is
tsaphtsaphah
, supposed by some to be the Arabic
safsaf
, a willow or osier which grows by the water.
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