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White op an egg

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

The allusion should per- haps be understood to be to the juice of some insipid plant, probably Por^»/(^ert oleracca, L., the common purslane. 'White of an egg' (lit., on tliis view, 'slime of the yolk') is a Itabbinic interpret.ition, and is still accepted by A. B. Davidson, Duhm, ct al. The comparison in the other member of the parallelism is with ' unsavourj-,' whicli would be better rendered 'insipid.' G. E. POST.

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  1. Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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