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DILL

An umbelliferous herb (Anethum graveolens L.) which resembles parsley (Heb. qeṣaḥ; Gk. ánēthon). The plant was cultivated for its oval-shaped brown seeds, which were used as a condiment in cooking and as a carminative medicine. According to m. Maʿaś. 4:5 (Aram. šĕḇēṯa) the dill was subject to the tithe (cf. Deut. 14:22), for which Jesus chides the Jewish leaders as paying attention to insignificant matters of the law at the expense of justice, mercy, and faith (Matt. 23:23; cf. Luke 11:42, “rue”).

The plant cited in Isaiah’s parable of the farmer (Isa. 28:25, 27) is probably the nutmeg flower or black cummin (Nigella sativa L.), a plant which can reach a height of ca. 60 cm. (2 ft.) and whose seeds can be easily severed from the husk for use as a condiment. In rabbinic use Heb. qeṣaḥ is translated “black cummin” (Ber. 40a; so LXX melánthion).






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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