. A dictionary of the Bible .. . 5e Kal tovto Keyovai, lib. i. cap. 180. Compare Gese-nius. Thesaurus Heb. p. 1476 h; Winer, Bwh. ff.; Ptosenmiiller, Alterthumskiinde, B. 281 ff. ; Celsius, Ilierob. i. 310. The Sycamore, or Fig-miilbetvy (from (tvkov,fig, and fiopov, mulberry), is in Egypt and Palestinea tree of great importance and very extensive attains the size of a walnut-tree, has wide-spreading branches, and affords a delightful this account it is frequently planted by thewaysides. Its leaves are heart-shaped, downy onthe under side, and fragiant.
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . 5e Kal tovto Keyovai, lib. i. cap. 180. Compare Gese-nius. Thesaurus Heb. p. 1476 h; Winer, Bwh. ff.; Ptosenmiiller, Alterthumskiinde, B. 281 ff. ; Celsius, Ilierob. i. 310. The Sycamore, or Fig-miilbetvy (from (tvkov,fig, and fiopov, mulberry), is in Egypt and Palestinea tree of great importance and very extensive attains the size of a walnut-tree, has wide-spreading branches, and affords a delightful this account it is frequently planted by thewaysides. Its leaves are heart-shaped, downy onthe under side, and fragiant. The fruit growsdirectly from the trunk itself on little sprigs, andin clusters like the grape. To make it eatable, each * Amos says of himself he was QJ^pE^* 0/13 ? ^tav (ruKafiiva : Vulg. vellicatis sycaniina; i. e. of the fruit for the purpose of ripening it. KvC^iais the very word used by Tbeophrastus. *> See Wilkinsons Ancient Egyptians, ii. 110, For coffins, bo.\es, tables, doors, and other. much of the fruit. The tree, Hasselquist adds, is wounded or cut by the inhabitants at the timeit buds, for without this precaution, as they say, itwill not bear fruit (p. 261). In form and smelland inward structure it resembles the fig, and henceits name. The tree is always verdant, and bearsfruit several times in the year without being con-fined to fixed seasons, and is thus, as a permanentfood-bearer, invaluable to the poor. The wood ofthe tree, though very porous, is exceedingly suffers neither fi-om moisture nor heat. TheEgyptian mummy coffins, which are made of it,are still perfectlv sound after an entombment ofthousands of years. It was much used for doors,&nd large furniture, such as sofas, tables, and chairs. objects which required large and thick planks, for idolsand wooden statues, the sycamore was principally em-ployed ; and from the quantity discovered in the tombsalone, it is evident that toe tree was .ultivated to agreat extent. D
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