Gen. xxx. 37. 70 ..ערמון Πλατάνυς. Ita Ezec. xxxi. 8.PLANE-TREE, Platanus. The Hebrew Word Harmon, which the Septuagint and St. Jerom translate by a Plane-tree, in Genesis; by modern Interpreters, who generally follow the Rabbins, is render’d by a Chesnut -tree. In Ezekiel, the Septuagint translate it by a Fir-tree. So true it is, that we have but little Certainty, concerning the Signification of the Names of Trees, in the Hebrew Text. The Reader may צחקlusit, risit. 2 Sam. ii. 14.consult J. H. Ursin’s Arboretum Biblicum.
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