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GARLIC

A bulbous herb (Allium sativum L.) related to the onion, probably from the Kirghiz steppe, much in demand even in antiquity as a seasoning for food. The Israelites were introduced to garlic (Heb. šûm) and other spicy foods while laboring in Egypt (Num. 11:5). The small garlic bulbs, wrapped in their own thin skin, were woven together along strings, pressed in a mortar, and rubbed with oil. Sometimes people ate them with bread. The oil contained in the bulb cells gives garlic its sharp odor and strong flavor; in biblical times this oil was considered to stimulate activity and was used as a remedy for melancholy.






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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