The Definition of the word Heath

Heath

Heb. `arar, (Jer. 17:6; 48:6), a species of juniper called by "the Arabs by the same name (`arar), the Juniperus sabina or" "savin. "Its gloomy, stunted appearance, with its scale-like" "leaves pressed close to its gnarled stem, and cropped close by" "the wild goats, as it clings to the rocks about Petra, gives" "great force to the contrast suggested by the prophet, between" "him that trusteth in man, naked and destitute, and the man that" "trusteth in the Lord, flourishing as a tree planted by the" "waters" (Tristram, Natural History of the Bible)."