The earliest example of אתרג used in the context of the "four species" is found in the Aramaic Bar Kokhba letters.
Interesting. Do you have a cite for an article - preferably online - about that?
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את קא ידעת היכא מצית לאשכוחן אלא מיבעי לך לאיגלויי לי
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You wrote: "The same root is apparently found in the Persian word "naranga" (source of "naranja" in Spanish and hence "orange" in French and English),"
'Narinj' in Syrian Arabic, is 'Civille Orange (sp?).' It looks like orange, but bitter taste and thick skin, it is used to make marmalade. Many streets in Morrocan cities are lined with this tree. I attended a siminar by a chiristian missionary person about his trip to Morocco. He showed slides of streets lined with this orange- looking bearing trees. He said "don't think the people are that honest to leave the oranges on the trees, these are bitter oranges."
There is another fruit I rarely see. It is similar to grapefruit, the skin is yellow and about 1 cm thick. I am not sure of the name.
I think you mean the Seville Orange:
http://www.answers.com/seville+o...lle+orange&
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As a matter of fact, I remember visiting Seville, Spain as a kid, and noticing the oranges there.
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