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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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mallows
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The Hebrew malluäch, in Arabic, malluch, and in Syriac mallucho, is probably the [Lalima or Lalimos] of the Greeks, and halimus of the Romans, which Dioscorides describes as a kind of bramble, without thorns, the leaves of which are boiled and eaten. |
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juniper roots
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The Hebrew rothem, in Arabic, ratim, and in Spanish, retama, most probably signifies the genista or broom, which is very abundant in the deserts of Arabia. |
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for their meat
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2Ki 4:38,39; Amo 7:14; Luk 15:16 |
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2Ki 4:38 |
And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and [there was] a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets [were] sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. |
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2Ki 4:39 |
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred [them] into the pot of pottage: for they knew [them] not. |
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Amo 7:14 |
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: |
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Luk 15:16 |
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Job 30:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Job/30/4.html>.
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