Editing Pine (section)

===Religious texts===

Trees which may be pines or other conifers are mentioned in some verses of the [[Bible]]. In the [[Book of Nehemiah]] 8:15, the [[King James Version]] translates Hebrew "עץ שמן" (etz shman), 'oil tree', as pine,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Nehemiah-8-15/ |title=Nehemiah 8:15 KJV |website=www.kingjamesbibleonline.org |access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref> and the unknown type of tree of Hebrew "תדהר" in Isaiah 60:13 similarly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Isaiah-60-13/ |title=Nehemiah 8:15 KJV |website=www.kingjamesbibleonline.org |access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref> Some botanical authorities believe that the Hebrew word "ברוש" (bərōsh), "cypress", which is used many times in the Bible, properly designates ''[[Pinus halepensis]]'', the Aleppo or Jerusalem pine, or in [[Book of Hosea|Hosea]] 14:8<ref>{{cite web |url=https://biblehub.com/hosea/14-8.htm |title=Hosea 14:8}}</ref> which refers to fruit, ''[[Pinus pinea]]'', the stone pine.<ref>{{cite book |title=Wycliffe Bible Dictionary |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |year=1975 |location=entry Plants: Fir}}</ref>
The word used in modern Hebrew for pine is "אֹ֖רֶן" (oren), which occurs only in Isaiah 44:14,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://biblehub.com/isaiah/44-14.htm |title=Isaiah 44:14}}</ref> but two manuscripts have "ארז" ([[cedrus|cedar]]), a much more common word.<ref>[[Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia]] ad loc.</ref>