From heb. «S'neh» and from the gr. "batos", thorny bush (Lk. 6:44). The bush that Moses saw burning without being consumed and from which Jehovah spoke to him (Ex. 3:2, 3; Deut. 33:16; Mark 12:26).
Tristram believed that it was the "acacia vera" or the "nilotica", a species of acacia also called Egyptian thorn, a dry, thorny shrub with lobed leaves and white flowers; reaches almost 4 m. high and extends through numerous regions of Africa, through the Sinai Peninsula, in Palestine and along the banks of the Dead Sea.
It exudes a substance from the trunk and branches that hardens in the air and is marketed under the name gum arabic.
Meaning of BRAMBLE
From heb. «S'neh» and from the gr. "batos", thorny bush (Lk. 6:44). The bush that Moses saw burning without being consumed and from which Jehovah spoke to him (Ex. 3:2, 3; Deut. 33:16; Mark 12:26).
