Allon Bachuth

In the Hebrew Bible, Allon Bachuth (Hebrew: אלון בכות; "Oak of Weeping") is an oak near Bethel, at the foot of which Deborah, the wet nurse of Rebecca, was buried (Genesis 35:8). Additionally, in Judges 4:5, a tree is referred to as the "palm-tree of Deborah," which has been identified by some with the "Oak of Weeping." == In Rabbinical literature == According to the Aggadah, the word "allon" is the Greek ἄλλον (another); and it explains the designation of the burial-place of Deborah as "another weeping," by stating that before Jacob had completed his mourning for Deborah, he received the news of the death of his mother, Rebecca.

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Allon Bachuth

In the Hebrew Bible, Allon Bachuth (Hebrew: אלון בכות; "Oak of Weeping") is an oak near Bethel, at the foot of which Deborah, the wet nurse of Rebecca, was buried (Genesis 35:8). Additionally, in Judges 4:5, a tree is referred to as the "palm-tree of Deborah," which has been identified by some with the "Oak of Weeping." == In Rabbinical literature == According to the Aggadah, the word "allon" is the Greek ἄλλον (another); and it explains the designation of the burial-place of Deborah as "another weeping," by stating that before Jacob had completed his mourning for Deborah, he received the news of the death of his mother, Rebecca.

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