ALMOND-TREE, a sort of tree whereof there is often mention in the שקדAmygdalus.Scripture. The Hebrews call it Shaked, from a root, which signifies to watch, because the Almond tree is one of the first trees that blossoms in the Spring. The Lord intending to declare to Jeremiah that he was ready to display his wrath against his People, shewed him the branch of an Jer. i. 11.Almond-tree: Quid tu vides Jeremia? virgam vigilantem ego video. Instead of virgam vigilantem, the Hebrew reads, a rod of an Almond-tree.
Numb. xvii. 8.Aaron’s Rod, which bore blossoms and fruit in the Wilderness, was also of the wood of the an Almond-tree. The Author Eccl. xii. 5.of Ecclesiastes, expressing in an enigmatical manner, that an old Man’s hair will grow white, says, that the Almond-tree shall flourish. This tree blows white and very Genes. xxx. 37. לוז Luz.early. It is said in Genesis, that Jacob fixed rods of the Almond-tree before the places where his flocks came to drink: But the Hebrew instead of Almond-tree signifies Hazel, Luz.