רֶתֶם rethem

Meaning

the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems)

In the King James Version: juniper (tree).

Derivation: or רֹתֶם; from H7573 (רָתַם);

Where it is used

• 1 Kings 19:4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a 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 fathers.”
• 1 Kings 19:5 Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
• Job 30:4 They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
• Psalms 120:4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!