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<p> &nbsp;הציר , in &nbsp;Numbers 11:5 , translated "leek;" in &nbsp;1 Kings 18:5; &nbsp;2 Kings 19:26; &nbsp;Job 40:15; &nbsp;Psalms 37:2; &nbsp;Psalms 90:5; &nbsp;Psalms 103:15; &nbsp;Psalms 104:14; &nbsp;Psalms 129:6; &nbsp;Psalms 147:8; &nbsp;Isaiah 35:7; &nbsp;Isaiah 37:27; &nbsp;Isaiah 40:6 , it is rendered "grass;" in &nbsp;Job 8:12 , "herb;" in &nbsp;Proverbs 27:25; &nbsp;Isaiah 15:6 , "hay;" and in &nbsp;Isaiah 34:13 , "a court." It is much of the same nature with the onion. The kind called <em> karrat </em> by the Arabians, the <em> allium porrum </em> of Linnaeus, Hasselquist says, must certainly have been one of those desired by the children of Israel, as it has been cultivated and esteemed from the earliest times to the present in Egypt. The inhabitants are very fond of eating it raw, as sauce for their roasted meat; and the poor people eat it raw with their bread, especially for breakfast. There is reason, however, to doubt whether this plant is intended in &nbsp; Numbers 11:5 , and so differently rendered every where else: it should rather intend such vegetables as grow promiscuously with grass. Ludolphus supposes that it may mean lettuce and sallads in general; and Maillet observes, that the succory and endive are eaten with great relish by the people in Egypt: some or all of these may be meant. </p>

<p> &nbsp;Leek. A vegetable similar to the onion, after which the [[Israelites]] longed in the wilderness. &nbsp;Numbers 11:5. The same word is elsewhere rendered "grass," &nbsp;1 Kings 18:5; &nbsp;2 Kings 19:26; &nbsp;Job 40:15; &nbsp;Psalms 37:2;" herb," &nbsp;Job 8:12 : "hay," &nbsp;Proverbs 27:25, tea. 15:6. The specific translation "leek" is questionable. </p>

<p> &nbsp;(1):&nbsp; (v. i.) To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. </p> <p> &nbsp;(2):&nbsp; (n.) Three of the same cards held in the same hand; - hence, three of anything. </p> <p> &nbsp;(3):&nbsp; (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. </p> <p> &nbsp;(4):&nbsp; (n.) An enticing look or glance. </p> <p> &nbsp;(5):&nbsp; (n.) A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. </p>

<p> A bulbous vegetable resembling the onion. The Hebrews complained in the wilderness, that manna grew insipid to them; they longed for the leeks and onions of Egypt, &nbsp;Numbers 11:5 . Hassel-quist says the karrat, or leek, is surely one of those after which the Israelites pined; for is has been cultivated in [[Egypt]] from time immemorial. The [[Hebrew]] word is usually translated "grass" in the English Bible. Its original meaning is supposed to be greens or grass. </p>

<p> &nbsp;Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Leek'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/l/leek.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p>