7574. rethem or rothem
Strong's Concordance
rethem or rothem: broom plant, retem
Original Word: רֶתֶם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: rethem or rothem
Phonetic Spelling: (reh'-them)
Definition: broom plant, retem
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ratham
Definition
broom plant, retem
NASB Translation
broom shrub (1), broom tree (1), juniper tree (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
רֹ֫תֶם noun masculine1Kings 19:5 a kind of broom-shrub, broom-plant, retem (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic (on form Lag BN 152); ᵑ7 רִיתְמָא, all = Biblical Hebrew); — absolute אֶחָד ׳ר 1 Kings 19:5, אחת ׳ר V:4 Kt (אֶחָד Qr); plural שֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָם Job 30:4 (on text see Bu Che below); גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִים Psalm 120:4, RobBR i. 84, 203, 205, 500 LöwNo. 313 PostHastings, DB 'Juniper' CheEncy. Bib. 'Juniper'.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
juniper tree

Or rothem {ro'-them}; from ratham; the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems) -- juniper (tree).

see HEBREW ratham

Forms and Transliterations
רְתָמִ֣ים רְתָמִֽים׃ רֹ֣תֶם רתם רתמים רתמים׃ rə·ṯā·mîm retaMim rəṯāmîm rō·ṯem Rotem rōṯem
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1 Kings 19:4
HEB: וַיֵּ֕שֶׁב תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם [אֶחָת כ]
NAS: under a juniper tree; and he requested
KJV: under a juniper tree: and he requested
INT: and sat under A juniper a requested

1 Kings 19:5
HEB: וַיִּישַׁ֔ן תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם אֶחָ֑ד וְהִנֵּֽה־
NAS: under a juniper tree; and behold,
KJV: under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel
INT: and slept under A juniper a and behold

Job 30:4
HEB: שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃
NAS: is the root of the broom shrub.
KJV: by the bushes, and juniper roots
INT: the bushes is the root of the broom food

Psalm 120:4
HEB: עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים׃
NAS: With the [burning] coals of the broom tree.
KJV: of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
INT: With the coals of the broom

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7574
4 Occurrences


rə·ṯā·mîm — 2 Occ.
rō·ṯem — 2 Occ.
















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