Concerning the olive tree, The New Bible Dictionary states: “If cut down, new shoots spring up from the root, so that as many as five new trunks could thus come into being.
Mengenai pohon zaitun, The New Bible Dictionary menyatakan, ” Jika ditebang, cabang muda yang baru akan muncul dari akarnya, bisa sampai sebanyak lima batang baru yang muncul.