Metaphysical meaning of Jaare-oregim (mbd)
Jaare-oregim, ja'-a-re-or'-e-gim (Heb.)--weavers' forest; woods of the weavers; thicket of braids, i. e., closely woven together.
Father of Elhanan the Beth-lehemite, who killed the brother of Goliath the giant (II Sam. 21:19; see margin, and I Chronicles 20:5).
Meta. Trees represent nerves, and nerves are expressions of thoughts of unity; they connect thought centers with one another. It is by means of the nervous system that our thoughts are transferred from point to point throughout the body. We can easily see, therefore, how a tree symbolizes a connecting link between the heavens and the earth--the formless and the formed--since thoughts in us bring us in touch with the divine, the heavenly or spiritual mind, which is God. And so we understand Jaare-oregim, meaning weavers' forest, thicket of braids, i. e., closely woven together, to represent networks of nerves, or interblending of thoughts of unity in consciousness, established in substance (Beth-lehem, house of bread, referring to the substance center in man, at the pit of the stomach) and in that which is real and true (Jaare-oregim was an Israelite). Beth-lehem was the birthplace of Elhanan, a name that means grace of God. (See ELHANAN.)
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