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pı̄n treÌ„: (1) ש×מן ×¢×¥, ‛eÌ„c shemen, translated the Revised Version (British and American) “wild olive,†the King James Version “pine†(); the Revised Version (British and American) “oil-tree,†m “oleaster†(); “olive-wood†(, -33). See OIL TREE. (2) תּדהר, tidhhaÌ„r (, margin “planeâ€; ); πευÌκη, peuÌke, “fir.†Lagarde, from similarity of tidhhaÌ„r to the Syriac deddar, usually the “elm,†considers this the best translation. Symmachus also translated tidhhaÌ„r () by πτελεÌα, pteleÌa, the “elm.†The elm, Ulmus campestris, is rare in Palestine and the Lebanon, though it is found today N. of Aleppo. Post (HDB, III, 592-93) considers that (1) should be translated as “pine,†which he describes as a “fat wood treeâ€; it is perhaps as probably a correct translation for (2), but great uncertainty remains. Two species of pine are plentiful in the Lebanon and flourish in most parts of Palestine when given a chance. These are the stone pine, Pinus pinea, and the Aleppo pine, Pinus halepensis; all the highlands looking toward the sea are suited to their growth.