Life in Bible Times - Other Plants:

Other Plants

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Anemone
The anemone flowers in red, white, cream or purple for five months of the year..

Artichoke
The wild artichoke has purple prickly flowers..

Barley
Barley was fed largely to horses and oxen, so it´s importance has declined..

Broom
A Broom-rape (Cynomorium cocineum) lives parasitically on the broom shrub and gives it handsome yellow flowers. Elijah sat under s broom bush when he ran from Queen Jezebel in 1Kings 19:4-5..

Vine of Sodom
This bush is called the ´Vine of Sodom´ (see Deut.32:32) because the fruit looks lush but it has no flesh to eat. The bush is found on the shores of the Dead Sea..

Acantholimon
Bushes of acantholimon on Mount Hermon..

Chrysanthemums
Yellow chrysanthemums grow in profusion in the spring..

Cyclamen
White and pink cyclamen are found in mountainous area..

Flax
Linum usitatissimum (flax)..

Iris
The purple flowers of the Mariae Iris which bloom for short periods in the Negev..

Lion´s Leaf
´The Lion´s Leaf´ - a large display of yellow flowers and broad leaves. This rejuvenates each year from a large corm, hidden in the soil..

Desert
Spring rains produce a sudden profusion of flowers in the Negev desert..

Grapes
Grapes were turned into wine and raisins, as well as eaten fresh..

Grasses
The vegetation of the Asian steppe is here represented by dwarf grasses and shrubs, connecting and dividing the Mediterranean and Desert zones..

Lilies
Water lilies grow in the swampy conditions of the Hula, north of the Sea of Galilee. Although this is largely drained today, it used to be a large area of swamp..

Lily
Narcissus Tazetta (lily of the valleys)..

Lily
Pancratium SP (lily)..
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Mandrakes
Mandragora Officenarium (Mandrakes)..

Orchid
The orchid Helleborine is found in mountainous areas of Israel..

Sea Daffodil
The Pancratium maritimum or sea daffodil, which grows in the sand on the shore..

Papyrus
Papyrus clump on shores of Dead Sea.

Papyrus
Papyrus, the bulrush of the Bible. These Beduin women pull the long stems, bind them into bundles and carry them home where they will weave the reeds into tenting and mats.. Moses´ mother would have used such reeds to make the ´ark of bulrushes´ (Exodus ii,3). An early photograph.

Terrace
Hissadah looking north. This hill has terraces which are centuries old. There is also some modern tree planting which is changing the environment back to the state it was in Bible times..

Thistle
Centaura SP (thistles)..

Tulip
The wild tulip of Israel is deep red, and very similar to the cultivated tulips..

Wheat
Wheat was the first plant to be cultivated and farmed. This invention of farming, at about 5000 BC, resulted in the establishment of the first cities..

Barley
Eastern barley.

Camphire
Camphire - Henna (Lawsonia inermis).

Cane
Cane (Andropogon calamus), Heb. QaNeH (Is.43.24, Song.4.14).

Cane
Babeer cane - used to roof huts or make mats.

Cucumber
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus), Heb.QoShAIM.

Flax
Common flax (Linum usitatissimum), Heb. PiShTaH (Ex.11.31 etc, Is.43.17) or PiShTeH (Ex.11.31, Josh.2.6, Prov.31.13). Used to make flax garments, which have now been replaced by cotton..

Gourd
Gourd shading a man.

Gourd
Colocynth - a very poisenous gourd, perhaps put in the pot by Elisha´s disciple (2K.4.38-41).

Gourd
Wild Gourd, Colocynth (Citrullus colocynthus), Heb. PaQu´OTh (2K.4.38-41) - this is similar to other edible gourds..

Heath
Common Heath (Erica vulgaris) - in Jer.17.6, 48.6 in some translations..

Hemlock
Hemlock (Conium maculatum), - in Amos 6.12, Hos.10.4 in some translations.

Hyssop
Caper plant (Capparis spinosa), possibly the ´Hyssop´ of 1K.4.33, Ex.12.22, Jn.19.29, Mt.27.48, Mk.15.36, Lev.14.4,6,51, Num.19.18). It has a long reed-like trailing stem..

Leek
Common Leek (Alium porrum) - Num.11.5.

Lentil
Lentil (Ervum lens), Heb. ´DaShIM (Gen.25.34, 35.29-34, 2Sam.17.28, 23.11, Ekz.4.9).

Lentil

Lily
White Lily (Lilium Candidum) (cf Song.2.1,2,16, 5.13, 1K.7.19,22, Mt.6.28, Lk.12.27).

Lily
Scarlet Martagon (Lilium chalcedonicum), thought by some to be the ´lily´ of scripture..

Lily
White Lily (Lilium Candidum) (cf Song.2.1,2,16, 5.13, 1K.7.19,22, Mt.6.28, Lk.12.27).

Maize
Maize (Zea mays).

Mandrake
Mandrake (Atropa mandragora) Heb. DUDaAIM (Gen.30.14-16, Song 7.13)..

Mandrake
Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum).

Mandrake
Mandrake, leaf, flower and root.

Melon
Melon (Cucumis melo), Heb. ABaTtiChIM (Num.11.5).

Millet
Millet (Sorghum vulgare), Heb. DoChaN (Ezek.4.9).

Myrrh
Rock rose (Cistus cretensis), Heb.LoTt, (Gen.37.25, 43.11), sometimes translated ´Myrrh´.

Nettle
Nettle (Urtica dioica), Heb ChaRUL (Job.30.7, Prov.24.30,31, Zeph.2.9). Also Heb. QiMOSh and QiMaShON (Is.34.13, Hos.9.6).

Onion
Onion (Allium cepe) (Num.11.5).

Papyrus
Papyrus or Paper Reed (Papyrus antiquorum), Heb. GoMA (Job.8.11, Is.35.7, Ex.2.3, Is.18.2).

Pomegranate
Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Heb. RiMON (Num.20.5, Deut.8.8, Song.8.2, 1King.7.18, 2King.25.17, Jer.52.22, Ex.28.33).

Reed
Lesser Reed-mace (Typha angustifolia), Heb. SUPh, translated ´flag´ or ´reed´ (Ex.2.3,5, Is.19.6).

Reed
Reed (Arundo donax), Heb. AGMON (Job.40.2, Is.9.14, 19.15, 58.5) used to make walking sticks, measuring rods etc (2K.18.20, Ezk.29.6, 40.3, Rev.11.1, 21.15).