Bush Shrub Plant

† סְנֶה n.m. Ex 3:2 a thorny bush, perhaps black-berry bush (cf. LöwNo. 219; rubus fruticosus Linn.; Aramaic סַנְיָא, ܣܰܢܝܳܐ thorn-bush, Assyrian sinû, Meissner ZA vi. 293 blackberry bush (M. thinks Aramaic ס׳ loan-word from this); Arabic سَنًا senna, Lane 1449);—abs. ס׳ Ex 3:2(×2), 4, סְנֶ֑ה v 2, 3 (all E) Dt 33:16 (akin to E).

βάτος[ᾰ], ἡ, __A bramble, Rubus ulmifolius, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὁ, NT+5th c.BC+ __A.II β. Ἰδαία raspberry, Rubus Idaeus, Refs 1st c.AD+; ={β. ὀρθοφυής} Refs 4th c.BC+ __A.III β. Μοσυλῖτις, a kind of cassia, Refs 1st c.AD+ __A.IV ={ἑλένιον}, elecampane, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+

† II. שִׂיחַ n.[m.] bush, shrub, plant;—שׂ׳ abs. coll. Jb 30:4, cstr. שׂ׳ הַשָּׂדֶה Gn 2:5 (J); pl. שִׂיחִים Jb 30:7, אַחַד הַשִּׂיחִם Gn 21:15 (E).

† I. עֲרוֹעֵר n.[m.] prob. a tree or bush; juniper? (Arabic عَرْعَرٌ juniper (or cypress? v. Lane), so TristrNHB 358 RobBR ii. 124; on format. v. LagBN 162 BaNB 160);—עֲרוֹעֵר בַּמִּדְבָּר Je 48:6, + 17:6, where read prob. עֲרֹעֵר בָּעֲרָבָה (for MT עַרְעָר; > Gf al. conversely, read עַרְעָר 48:6).