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Job 30:4

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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: 2 Kings 4:38-39; Amos 7:14; Luke 15:16

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