מרורים. Exod. xii, 8, and Num. ix, 11. The Jews were
commanded to eat their passover with a salad of bitter herbs; but
whether one particular plant was intended, or any kind of bitter herbs,
has been made a question. By the Septuagint it is rendered επι ϖικριδων;
by Jerom, “_cum lactucis agrestibus_;” and by the Gr. Venet., επι
ϖικρισιν. Dr. Geddes remarks, that “it is highly probable that the
succory or wild lettuce is meant.” The Mischna in _Pesachim_, cap. 2,
reckons five species of these bitter herbs: 1. Chazareth, taken for
lettuce: 2. Ulsin, supposed to be endive or succory: 3. Tamca, probably
tansy: 4. Charubbinim, which Bochart thought might be the nettle, but
Scheuchzer shows to be the camomile: 5. Meror, the sow-thistle, or
dent-de-lion, or wild lettuce. Mr. Forskal says, “the Jews in Sana and
in Egypt eat the lettuce with the paschal lamb.” He also remarks, that
_moru_ is centaury, of which the young stems are eaten in February and
March.
commanded to eat their passover with a salad of bitter herbs; but
whether one particular plant was intended, or any kind of bitter herbs,
has been made a question. By the Septuagint it is rendered επι ϖικριδων;
by Jerom, “_cum lactucis agrestibus_;” and by the Gr. Venet., επι
ϖικρισιν. Dr. Geddes remarks, that “it is highly probable that the
succory or wild lettuce is meant.” The Mischna in _Pesachim_, cap. 2,
reckons five species of these bitter herbs: 1. Chazareth, taken for
lettuce: 2. Ulsin, supposed to be endive or succory: 3. Tamca, probably
tansy: 4. Charubbinim, which Bochart thought might be the nettle, but
Scheuchzer shows to be the camomile: 5. Meror, the sow-thistle, or
dent-de-lion, or wild lettuce. Mr. Forskal says, “the Jews in Sana and
in Egypt eat the lettuce with the paschal lamb.” He also remarks, that
_moru_ is centaury, of which the young stems are eaten in February and
March.