ערער, Jer. xvii, 6; xlviii, 6. “He shall be like the heath in the
desert. He shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched
places in the wilderness, a salt land.” The LXX and Vulgate render
_oror_, “the tamarisk;” and this is strengthened by the affinity of the
Hebrew name of this tree with the Turkish _œrœr_. Taylor and
Parkhurst render it, “a blasted tree stripped of its foliage.” If it be
a particular tree, the tamarisk is as likely as any. Celsius thinks it
to be the juniper; but from the mention of it as growing in a salt land,
in parched places, the author of “Scripture Illustrated” is disposed to
seek it among the _lichens_, a species of plants which are the last
production of vegetation under the frozen zone, and under the glowing
heat of equatorial deserts; so that it seems best qualified to endure
parched places, and a salt land. Hasselquist mentions several kinds seen
by him in Egypt, Arabia, and Syria. In Jer. xlviii, 6, the original word
is ערוער, which the Septuagint translators have read ערור, for they
render it ὄνος ἄγριος, _wild ass_; and, as this seems best to agree with
the flight recommended in the passage, it is to be preferred. See WILD
ASS.
desert. He shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched
places in the wilderness, a salt land.” The LXX and Vulgate render
_oror_, “the tamarisk;” and this is strengthened by the affinity of the
Hebrew name of this tree with the Turkish _œrœr_. Taylor and
Parkhurst render it, “a blasted tree stripped of its foliage.” If it be
a particular tree, the tamarisk is as likely as any. Celsius thinks it
to be the juniper; but from the mention of it as growing in a salt land,
in parched places, the author of “Scripture Illustrated” is disposed to
seek it among the _lichens_, a species of plants which are the last
production of vegetation under the frozen zone, and under the glowing
heat of equatorial deserts; so that it seems best qualified to endure
parched places, and a salt land. Hasselquist mentions several kinds seen
by him in Egypt, Arabia, and Syria. In Jer. xlviii, 6, the original word
is ערוער, which the Septuagint translators have read ערור, for they
render it ὄνος ἄγριος, _wild ass_; and, as this seems best to agree with
the flight recommended in the passage, it is to be preferred. See WILD
ASS.