<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Gershon Dubin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gershon.dubin@juno.com">gershon.dubin@juno.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Fig trees do not bloom like other fruit trees that have highly visible<br>
blossoms. While fig trees do produce flowers, they are very small,<br>
and enclosed in a structure called the synconium. The synconium is<br>
green and resembles a small fig in shape.<br></blockquote><div><br>AIUI these are the "paggim" referred to in Shir HaShirim 2:13 <a href="http://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt3002.htm#13">http://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt3002.htm#13</a><br>
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That is apparently contradicted by Chavakuk 3:17<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>It's only a contradiction if you assume that the Hebrew "parahh" and "perahh" are exact synonyms of the English verb and noun "blossom", but they seem to have a wider application.<br>
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