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GALL.—(1) rôsh, some very bitter plant, Deu_29:18, Lam_3:19; ‘water of gall,’ Jer_8:14; Jer_9:16; tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘hemlock,’ Hos_10:4; ‘poison,’ Job_20:16. Hemlock (Conium maculatum), colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis), and the poppy (Papaver somniferum) have all been suggested. The last is perhaps most probable. (2) merçrah (Job_16:16) and merôrah (Job_20:25) refer to the bile. The poison of serpents was supposed to lie in their bile (Job_20:14). The gall (Gr. cholç) of Mat_27:34 evidently refers to the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] version of Psa_69:21, where cholç is tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of rôsh.
E. W. G. Masterman.