International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Pulse

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Pulse


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puls (זרעים, zērō‛ı̄m ( margin, “herbs”), זרענים, zēre‛ōnı̄m (); compare זרוּע, zērūa‛, “sowing seed” (), and זרוּעים, zērū‛ı̄m, “things sown” ()): (1) In , , it must mean herbs or vegetables grown from seeds; a vegetable diet is what is implied. (2) In , “pulse” after “parched” is not in the original, but is probably more correct than the translation in (1), as “pulse” usually implies leguminous plants, peas, beans, etc.