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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Job 30:4

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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mallows: The Hebrew malluach, 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. juniper roots: 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. for their meat: Kg2 4:38, Kg2 4:39; Amo 7:14; Luk 15:16 Job 30:5
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