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LEEKS,—The Heb. word châtsîr, which is elsewhere tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘grass’ or ‘herb,’ is rendered ‘leeks’ in Num_11:5, and in this passage, owing to the association with onions and garlic, the tr. [Note: translate or translation.] is probably correct, leeks being the herb par excellence. The leek (Allium porrum) is much grown in Palestine, where it is a general favourite.
E. W. G. Masterman.