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marsh ((1) גּב×, gebhe', the American Standard Revised Version “marsh,†the King James Version and the English Revised Version “marish†(); the King James Version “pit,†the Revised Version (British and American) “cistern†(); compare Arabic jaba', “reservoir,†“watering-throughâ€; (2) בּץ, boÌ„c, “mireâ€; בּצּה, biccaÌ„h, “mire,†“fenâ€; compare Arabic badÌ£dÌ£a, to “trickle,†badÌ£adÌ£, “a little waterâ€; (3) טיט, ṭı̄tÌ£, “mire†“clayâ€; (4) חמר, hÌ£oÌ„mer, “mire,†“clay,†“mortarâ€; (5) ×”×דמה מעבה, ma‛ăbheÌ„h haÌ„-'ădhaÌ„maÌ„h (), and ×”×דמה עבי, ‛ăbhı̄ haÌ„-'ădhaÌ„maÌ„h (), “clay groundâ€): In the vision of Ezekiel the saltness of the Dead Sea is “healed†by the stream issuing from under the threshold of the temple, “But the miry places (biccaÌ„h) thereof, and the marshes (gebhe') thereof, shall not be healed†(). Gebhe' occurs elsewhere only in , where the King James Version has “pit†and the Revised Version (British and American) “cistern.†BoÌ„c, “mire,†is found only in . BiccaÌ„h is found also in ,
“Can the rush grow up without mire (biccāh)?
Can the flag grow without water?â€
and in (of the behemoth),
“He lieth under the lotus-trees,
In the covert of the reed, and the fen (biccaÌ„h).â€
In 1 Macc 9:42, 45 ἐÌλος, heÌlos, but in 9:42 Codex Vaticanus reads ὀÌÏος, oÌros, “mount.â€
Marshes are found near the mouths of some of the rivers, as the Kishon, about the Ḥûleh (? waters of Merom), at various places in the course of the Jordan and about the Dead Sea, especially at its south end. For the most part Palestine is rocky and dry.