tamarisk
part of speech
noun (a tamarisk, tamarisks)
meaning for a pupil
A tamarisk is a shrub or small tree with feathery leaves and small pink or white flowers that grows well in dry, salty places such as seasides and deserts. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A tamarisk is a hardy tree of dry lands. Abraham plants one at Beer-sheba and calls on God there, as a sign of settling and worshipping in the land. Saul's bones were buried under a tamarisk at Jabesh, and Jeremiah uses the lonely tamarisk of the wilderness as a picture of a person with no help or trust in God. Interpretation: Tradition says the tree was planted to serve travelers as a place of hospitality, where Abraham welcomed guests and taught them to bless God. The prophet's picture of the tamarisk in a salt land is read as a warning about trusting in people instead of God. In the primary lessons: In geography and science, tamarisks grow in deserts, by salt lakes and on coasts; their long roots find water deep underground. In the Bible, Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba. In some places, such as parts of the USA and Australia, tamarisk is a weed that spreads and drinks river water.
examples
- And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God. (Torah GEN.21.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- Flee, save your lives, and be like a tamarisk in the wilderness. (Prophets JER.48.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. (Prophets 1SA.31.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- For he shall be like a tamarisk in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. (Prophets JER.17.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- A tamarisk grew by the seaside path. tree →
- Tamarisks can live in salty sand. tree →
- The tamarisk's pink flowers look like feathers. tree →
- Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba. tree →
- The camel rested in the shade of a tamarisk. tree →
- Farmers in Australia try to stop the tamarisk spreading. tree →
note
Countable: tamarisks. Pronounced TAM-a-risk.
In the corpora
- And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- Flee, save your lives, and be like a tamarisk in the wilderness.
Trees and pragmatics
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