באשה. This word occurs only in Job xxxi, 40. By the Chaldee it
is rendered _noxious herbs_; by Symmachus, ἀτελεσφόρητα, _plants of
imperfect fruit_; by the Septuagint, βάτος, _the blackberry bush_; by
Castelio, _ebulus_, “dwarf elder;” by Celsius, _aconite_; and by Bishop
Stock and Dr. Good, _the night-shade_. M. Michaëlis maintains, after
Celsius, that both this word and ֻּבאשִים, Isaiah v, 2, 4, denote the
_aconite_, a poisonous plant, growing spontaneously and luxuriantly on
sunny hills, such as are used for vineyards. He says that this
interpretation is certain, because, as Celsius had observed, ביש, in
Arabic, denotes the _aconite_; and he intimates that it best suits Job
xxxi, 40, where it is mentioned as growing instead of barley. The word
appears to import a weed not only noxious, but of a fetid smell.
CŒLO-SYRIA, _hollow_ or _depressed_ Syria, Syria in the vale, 1 Macc.
xiii, 10. This name imports the hollow land, or region, situated between
two long ridges of mountains; and those mountains have been always
understood to be Libanus and Anti-libanus. As these ridges run parallel
for many leagues, they contain between them a long, extensive, and
extremely fruitful valley.
is rendered _noxious herbs_; by Symmachus, ἀτελεσφόρητα, _plants of
imperfect fruit_; by the Septuagint, βάτος, _the blackberry bush_; by
Castelio, _ebulus_, “dwarf elder;” by Celsius, _aconite_; and by Bishop
Stock and Dr. Good, _the night-shade_. M. Michaëlis maintains, after
Celsius, that both this word and ֻּבאשִים, Isaiah v, 2, 4, denote the
_aconite_, a poisonous plant, growing spontaneously and luxuriantly on
sunny hills, such as are used for vineyards. He says that this
interpretation is certain, because, as Celsius had observed, ביש, in
Arabic, denotes the _aconite_; and he intimates that it best suits Job
xxxi, 40, where it is mentioned as growing instead of barley. The word
appears to import a weed not only noxious, but of a fetid smell.
CŒLO-SYRIA, _hollow_ or _depressed_ Syria, Syria in the vale, 1 Macc.
xiii, 10. This name imports the hollow land, or region, situated between
two long ridges of mountains; and those mountains have been always
understood to be Libanus and Anti-libanus. As these ridges run parallel
for many leagues, they contain between them a long, extensive, and
extremely fruitful valley.