Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Retama
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
== Cultural significance == ''Retama'' may be mentioned in the [[Bible]], in I Kings 19:4, Psalms 120:4, and Job 30:4, under the name ''rotem'' (Heb. ืจืึนืชึถื/ืจึนืชึถื). According to multiple Jewish biblical commentators, ''Retama'' is used in the Bible as a symbol of slander, as, when burnt, its embers will remain hot long after they turn black.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Redak|pages=I Kings 19:4 "Under one rotem"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Metzudat David|pages=Psalms 120:4 "With hot coals of rotem"}}</ref> However, this translation is contested, with other commentators translating the word as "[[juniper]]".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rashi|pages=I Kings 19:4 "Rotem"}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Ralbag|pages=I Kings 19:4 "And he sat under one rotem"}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)