Dict: smith - OIL TREE

smith:

OIL TREE - O>@ - (Heb. ets shemen). The Hebrew words occur in kjv@Nehemiah:8:15) (Authorized Version "pine branches"), (Kings:6:23) ("olive tree") and in kjv@Isaiah:41:19) ("oil tree"). From the passage in Nehemiah, where the ets shemen is mentioned as distinct from the olive tree, if may perhaps be identified with the zackum tree of the Arabs, the Balanites aegyptiaca , a well-known and abundant shrub or small tree in the plain of Jordan. The zackum oil is held in high repute by the Arabs for its medicinal properties. OLIVE