Hazel occurs only once in the Old Testament, namely, in Gen 30:37, where it indicates one of the kinds of rod from which Jacob peeled the bark and which he placed in the water-troughs of the cattle. Luz is translated hazel in the Authorized Version, as well as in several others; in some it is rendered by words equivalent to ’walnut,’ but ’almond’ appears to be its true meaning; for the same word denotes that tree in the Arabic language [ALMOND TREE].
Hazel. The Hebrew term luz occurs only in Gen 30:37. Authorities are divided between the hazel and the almond tree as representing the luz. The latter is most probably correct.
[Ha’zel]
The word is luz , which is now thought to refer to the ’almond,’ and is so translated in the R.V. Gen 30:37.
See Almond