Lotus trees (צאלים). 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, th plant is undoubtledly Ziziphus lotus -- a deciduous small tree, bearing elliptic-oblong 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. צאלים as "lotus tree".