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<p> '''''bot´um''''' : Rendered by several [[Hebrew]] words: (1) שׁרשׁ , <i> '''''sheresh''''' </i> , "root"; Chaldaic, שׂרשׁ , <i> '''''shoresh''''' </i> ( Job 36:30 , "the bottom of the sea"). (2) קרקע , <i> '''''ḳarḳa‛''''' </i> , "soil," "pavement of tesserae" ( Amos 9:3 ). (3) קצב , <i> '''''ḳecebh''''' </i> , "cutting," "chop," "extremity" ( Jonah 2:6 , "the bottoms of the mountains"). (4) רפידה , <i> '''''rephı̄dhāh''''' </i> , "railing," "couch" ( Song of [[Solomon]] 3:10 , "the bottom thereof of gold"). (5) חיק , <i> '''''ḥēḳ''''' </i> , "bosom," "lap" ( Ezekiel 43:13 , Ezekiel 43:14 , Ezekiel 43:17 , the Revised Version, margin "hollow"). (6) מצלּה , <i> '''''mecullāh''''' </i> , "to be dark," "shadowy place," from primitive root <i> '''''cālal''''' </i> , "to tumble down," i.e. "settle"; hence, the idea of a valley ("the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom," Zechariah 1:8 the Revised Version, margin "shady place"). The prophet may have been wont to frequent the myrtle grove in the glen or bottoms, in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, for meditation and prayer ( <i> BTP </i> , II, 283). </p> | |||
<p> '''''bot´um''''' : Rendered by several Hebrew words: (1) שׁרשׁ , <i> '''''sheresh''''' </i> , "root"; Chaldaic, שׂרשׁ , <i> '''''shoresh''''' </i> ( Job 36:30 , "the bottom of the sea"). (2) קרקע , <i> '''''ḳarḳa‛''''' </i> , "soil," "pavement of tesserae" ( Amos 9:3 ). (3) קצב , <i> '''''ḳecebh''''' </i> , "cutting," "chop," "extremity" ( Jonah 2:6 , "the bottoms of the mountains"). (4) רפידה , <i> '''''rephı̄dhāh''''' </i> , "railing," "couch" ( Song of Solomon 3:10 , "the bottom thereof of gold"). (5) חיק , <i> '''''ḥēḳ''''' </i> , "bosom," "lap" ( Ezekiel 43:13 , Ezekiel 43:14 , Ezekiel 43:17 , the Revised Version, margin "hollow"). (6) מצלּה , <i> '''''mecullāh''''' </i> , "to be dark," "shadowy place," from primitive root <i> '''''cālal''''' </i> , "to tumble down," i.e. "settle"; hence, the idea of a valley ("the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom," Zechariah 1:8 the Revised Version, margin "shady place"). The prophet may have been wont to frequent the myrtle grove in the glen or bottoms, in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, for meditation and prayer ( <i> BTP </i> , II, 283). </p | |||
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bot´um : Rendered by several Hebrew words: (1) שׁרשׁ , sheresh , "root"; Chaldaic, שׂרשׁ , shoresh ( Job 36:30 , "the bottom of the sea"). (2) קרקע , ḳarḳa‛ , "soil," "pavement of tesserae" ( Amos 9:3 ). (3) קצב , ḳecebh , "cutting," "chop," "extremity" ( Jonah 2:6 , "the bottoms of the mountains"). (4) רפידה , rephı̄dhāh , "railing," "couch" ( Song of Solomon 3:10 , "the bottom thereof of gold"). (5) חיק , ḥēḳ , "bosom," "lap" ( Ezekiel 43:13 , Ezekiel 43:14 , Ezekiel 43:17 , the Revised Version, margin "hollow"). (6) מצלּה , mecullāh , "to be dark," "shadowy place," from primitive root cālal , "to tumble down," i.e. "settle"; hence, the idea of a valley ("the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom," Zechariah 1:8 the Revised Version, margin "shady place"). The prophet may have been wont to frequent the myrtle grove in the glen or bottoms, in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, for meditation and prayer ( BTP , II, 283).
