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bot´um: Rendered by several Hebrew words: (1) ש×רש×, sheresh, “rootâ€; Chaldaic, שׂרש×, shoresh (, “the bottom of the seaâ€). (2) קרקע, kÌ£arkÌ£a‛, “soil,†“pavement of tesserae†(). (3) קצב, kÌ£ecebh, “cutting,†“chop,†“extremity†(, “the bottoms of the mountainsâ€). (4) רפידה, rephı̄dhaÌ„h, “railing,†“couch†(, “the bottom thereof of goldâ€). (5) חיק, hÌ£eÌ„kÌ£, “bosom,†“lap†(, , , the Revised Version, margin “hollowâ€). (6) מצלּה, mecullaÌ„h, “to be dark,†“shadowy place,†from primitive root caÌ„lal, “to tumble down,†i.e. “settleâ€; hence, the idea of a valley (“the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom,†the Revised Version, margin “shady placeâ€). The prophet may have been wont to frequent the myrtle grove in the glen or bottoms, in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, for meditation and prayer (BTP, II, 283).