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--- aleh [2025/03/15 16:38] – [the Tree Of Accounting] ken
+++ aleh [2025/04/02 20:59] (current) – [Other Trees] ken
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 The first occurrence is in Genesis 2:4 which speaks of a "tree of accounting". It also tells of a division of territory being establish between the [[shemim]] and Jehovah The Elohim. This intriguing motif of a "tree of accounting" recurs several times in Genesis, first in reference to Noah and his sons((Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1)), then referring to the neighboring maritime peoples and surrounding nations((Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:29, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 11:10, Genesis 14:3, Genesis 25:4)). The tree of accounting also appears within the story of Abraham((Genesis 11:27, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 25:7, Genesis 25:12, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 25:16, Genesis 25:17, Genesis 25:19, and 26 more instances in Genesis chapter 36.)) In each of these cases there appears to be some connection between the tree and the division of property.
-Genesis 36 speaks at length of the "tree ([[aleh]]) of kings of [[adem]]", a geneology which also refers to "the land of adem", possibly "the red land" or "the land of humans".
+Genesis 36 speaks at length of the "tree ([[aleh]]) of kings of [[adem]]", a geneology which also refers to "the land of adem", possibly "the red land" or "the land of humans". FIXME A few of the Other Occurances listed below are probably used in this same context.
 ===Other Trees===
 'aleh' is not the only ancient Hebrew word that indicates a tree.
 [[yex]] also means tree.
+[[alon]] is also traditionally translated as tree, but etymological clues indicate that it might more accurately represent a land.
 ====Other Occurrences====