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FOREST.—1. ya‘ar (root meaning a ‘rugged’ place), Deu_19:5, 2Ki_2:24, Jer_46:23, Mic_3:12 etc. 2. horesh, 2Ch_27:4 etc.; tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘wood,’ 1Sa_23:15 (perhaps a proper name). 3. pardçs, Neh_2:3 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘king’s forest,’ RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘park’; also tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘orchards,’ Son_4:13, Ecc_2:5, RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘parks.’ From the many references it is clear that Palestine had more extensive forests in ancient times than to-day,—indeed, within living memory there has been a vast destruction of trees for fuel. Considerable patches of woodland still exist, e.g. on Tabor and Carmel, in parts of N. Galilee, around Banias, and specially in Gilead between es-Salt and the Jabbok.
E. W. G. Masterman.