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MALLOW

Heb. mallûaḥ, “mallow” (akin to melaḥ, “salt”), may refer to a species of the genus Atriplex, commonly called the saltworts. These large bushy plants abound in sandy, salty soil. Atriplex halimus L., called sea purslane or shrubby orache, is an excellent candidate for the biblical mallow. Job 30:1-8 indicates that mallows were the food of the poor and destitute.

Heb. ḥallāmûṯ (Job 6:6 NRSV), also translated “egg white,” may refer to a member of the Malvaceae family, of which species of the genus Malva are called mallows today. These are common, mucilaginous herbs.

Megan Bishop Moore






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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