a.ro.er denotes a wilderness shrub used in comparisons of barren, exposed survival.

The term is used in wilderness-shrub comparisons: Jeremiah 17:6 depicts a shrub in the desert amid parched, salt-bound land, while Jeremiah 48:6 compares fleeing survivors to a juniper in the wilderness.

1. Wilderness shrub in a comparison · dominant

   Both occurrences use a common masculine singular absolute noun in a comparison. In Jeremiah 17:6 the APB renders the image as “a shrub in the desert” that dwells in parched wilderness and salt land; in Jeremiah 48:6 it renders the fleeing people’s comparison as becoming “like a juniper in the wilderness.”

   Jeremiah 17:6Jeremiah 48:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the image as “a shrub in the desert” in Jeremiah 17:6 and “a juniper in the wilderness” in Jeremiah 48:6. These phrases show the verses’ imagery rather than establish separate meanings.