Difference between revisions of "Bulrush"

<li> In &nbsp;Exodus 2:3 , &nbsp;Isaiah 18:2 (RSV, "papyrus") this word is the translation of the Hebrew <i> Gome </i> , Which designates the plant as absorbing moisture. In &nbsp; Isaiah 35:7 and &nbsp; Job 8:11 it is rendered "rush." This was the Egyptian papyrus (papyrus Nilotica). It was anciently very abundant in Egypt. The [[Egyptians]] made garments and shoes and various utensils of it. It was used for the construction of the ark of Moses (&nbsp; Exodus 2:3,5 ). The root portions of the stem were used for food. The inside bark was cut into strips, which were sewed together and dried in the sun, forming the papyrus used for writing. It is no longer found in Egypt, but grows luxuriantly in Palestine, in the marshes of the Huleh, and in the swamps at the north end of the Lake of Gennesaret. (See [[Cane]] .) <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]]  Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Bulrush'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/bulrush.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> ''''''Αgmon''''' , from ''''''Aagam''''' , a marsh. "The head or tail, branch or rush," i.e. high or low; the lofty palm branch, or the humble reed (&nbsp;Isaiah 9:14-15; &nbsp;Isaiah 19:15). It used to be platted into rope; &nbsp;Job 41:2," canst thou put an hook (rather a rope of rushes) into his nose?" Moses' ark was woven of it ( '''''Gomeh''''' ): &nbsp;Exodus 2:3; &nbsp;Isaiah 18:2. "Vessels of bulrushes," light canoes of papyrus of the Nile, daubed over with pitch; derived from '''''Gaamah''''' , "to absorb." </p> <p> The Egyptians used it for making also garments, shoes, and baskets. In &nbsp;Exodus 2:3; &nbsp;Isaiah 18:2, it means the papyrus of which the Egyptians made light boats for the Nile; the same Hebrew ( '''''Gomeh''''' ) is translated rush (&nbsp;Job 8:11; &nbsp;Isaiah 35:7). The Egyptian '''''Kam''''' is related. This papyrus is no longer found below Nubia. It is a strong bamboo-like rush, as thick as a finger, three grainered, from 10 to 15 feet high. It is represented on the tomb of Tel, of the sixth dynasty, and other oldest Egyptian monuments. </p>

<p> '''Bulrush.''' &nbsp;Isaiah 18:2, [[A. V;]]  "papyrus" in [[R. V. A]]  species of reed found on the marshes of the Nile, and grows to the height of twelve or fifteen feet. The stalks are pliable, and capable of being interwoven very closely, as is evident from its being used in the construction of the "ark" or boat-cradle in which Moses was hid by his mother. &nbsp;Exodus 2:3; &nbsp;Exodus 2:5. It was from this vegetable that the papyrus was derived, which was used for writing. It was made of the inside bark, which was cut into strips, and the edges cemented together, and dried in the sun. The fact that the papyrus was used for food when prepared in one way, and for writing when prepared in another way, explains the passages in which the eating of books, etc., is mentioned. &nbsp;Jeremiah 15:16; &nbsp;Ezekiel 3:1; &nbsp;Ezekiel 3:3; &nbsp;Revelation 10:8-10. </p>

<p> is used synonymously with "RUSH" in the [[A. V]]  as the rendering of two Hebrew words.' (See [[Reed]]). </p> <p> '''1.''' AGMON', '''''אִגְמוֹן''''' , in &nbsp;Isaiah 9:13; &nbsp;Isaiah 19:15, in the proverbial expression "branch and rush," equivalent to ''High And Low'' alike (the Sept. has '''''Μέγαν''''' '''''Καὶ''''' '''''Μικρόν''''' in one passage, '''''Ἀρχὴν''''' '''''Καὶ''''' '''''Τέλος''''' in the other), and in &nbsp;Isaiah 58:6, the Hebrew term is rendered "bulrush." The word is derived from '''''אָגָם''''' , ''Agan','' a ''Marsh,'' because the bulrush grows in marshy ground. The bulrush was platted into ropes [[(A. V]]  "hook"), as appears from &nbsp;Job 41:2 (see Bochart, ''Hieroz.'' 2, 772; comp. Plin. ''Nat. Hist. 1'' 9, 2). The Sept. has '''''Κρίκος''''' in the latter passages. (See [[Rush]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' GOME', '''''גֹּמֶא''''' (from '''''גָּמָא''''' , to ''Drink Up,'' referring to the porous nature of the plant, as ''Absorbing'' moisture: hence the Latin name ''Biblus;'' comp. " ''Bibula'' papyrus" in Lucan, 4:136), occurs &nbsp;Exodus 2:3 (where Sept. omits); &nbsp;Isaiah 18:2 (Sept. '''''Βίβλος''''' ); ''3'' 5, 7 (Sept. '''''Ἕλος''''' ); &nbsp;Job 8:11 (Sept. '''''Πάπυρος''''' ); in the first two of which passages it is translated in our version by "bulrush," and in the last two by "rush," and is undoubtedly the Egyptian papyrus ( ''Papyrus Nilotica'' ) '','' so famous in the history of writing, and from which the word [[Paper]] is derived. It is the ''Cyperus Papyrus'' of modern botany. It was anciently very abundant in Egypt, but is now very scarce there. It is found in ''Great'' abundance, however, in Syria and Abyssinia. The Egyptians used this plant for garments, shoes, baskets, various kinds of utensils, and especially for boats. It was the material of the ark (q.v.) in which Moses was exposed, and of it the vessels mentioned in &nbsp;Isaiah 18:2 were formed. This practice is referred to by [[Lucan]] (4. 136) and by Pliny (13. 11, s. 22). (Comp. Celsius, ''Hierob.'' 2, 137-152.) (See [[Papyrus]]). </p>