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mallows

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(soft). Jews’-mallows of the East, used for pot-herbs (Job 30:4⁴Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. (Job 30:4)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Some common herb which the poor would eat to satisfy their hunger (Job 30:4⁴Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. (Job 30:4)). The RV has “salt-wort.” Several have judged the herb to be the Atriplex halimus which has a sour taste, but not sufficiently so to prevent its being eaten.

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Atriplex Halimus

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

4408 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

malluwach

Phonic:

mal-loo’-akh

Meaning:

from 4414; sea-purslain (from its saltness)

KJV Usage:

mallows