רֶתֶםrethem
broom-plant, retem, a kind of broom-shrub (1 Kings 19:5; Job 30:4; Psalms 120:4)
Pronunciation: reh'-them · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7574
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 19:4 Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”
- 1 Kings 19:5 Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!”
- Job 30:4 They pluck wild greens from among the bushes and eat from the roots of broom trees.
- Psalms 120:4 You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).