LOTUS TREES (צֶאֱלִים, H7365). If Goodspeed and Moffatt are right, then the words “shady trees” in Job 40:21, 22 are lotus trees or lotus bushes. In this case, the plant is undoubtedly Zizyphus lotus—a deciduous small tree, bearing ellipticoblong 3-veined leaves and tiny flowers, followed by yellow, roundish fruits. It is well known in Pal. The tree gives good shade, but other than this there seems little reason for tr. צֶאֱלִים, H7365, as “lotus tree.”