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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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LEEKS , The Heb. word châtsîr , which is elsewhere tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘grass’ or ‘herb,’ is rendered ‘leeks’ in Numbers 11:5 , and in this passage, owing to the association with onions and garlic, the tr. [Note: translate or translation.] is probably correct, leeks being the herb par excellence . The leek ( Allium porrum ) is much grown in Palestine, where it is a general favourite.

E. W. G. Masterman.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Leeks'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​l/leeks.html. 1909.
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