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( áָּàְùָׁä , boshah', an offensive plant, q. d. stink-weed; Sept. âÜôïò , i.e. bramble) occurs only in Job_31:40 : “Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.” It is probably a mere general term signifying weed, perhaps like the darnel ( æéæÜíéá , “tares”) of Mat_13:30. Celsius (Hierobot. 2, 199) would identify it with the aconite, but Gesenius questions this (Jesaia, 1, 230; 2:364), as the word must not be confounded with the plur. form ( áְּàֻùַׁéí , beiishim'), “wild grapes” (q.v.), in Isa_5:2; Isa_5:4. SEE BOTANY.
Codex Alexandrinus, etc.
SEE ALEXANDRIAN MANUSCRIPT, etc.