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Furrow
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (גַדוּד , gedud', an incision, e.g. in the soil, Psalms 65:10; מִעֲנָה; maanah', a tilling with the plough, Psalms 129:3; תֶּלֶם, to'lem, Job 31:38; Job 39:10; Hosea 10:4; Hosea 12:11, a ridge, as rendered Psalms 65:10;
עֲרוּגָה, ar-gahc' Ezekiel 17:8; Ezekiel 17:10, a bed is a garden, as rendered Song of Solomon 5:13; Song of Solomon 6:2), an opening is the ground made by a plough or other instrment (Psalm 65:104; Hosea 10:4). Roberts, on Job 31:38, "If my land try against me, or that the furrows likewise, thereof complain," observes that similar proverbs are common among the Hinduis. (See AGRICULTURE).
In Hosea 10:10, the text has עיֹנֹתָם, i.e., עֵנֹתָם, their [two] eyes, which the A.Vers. seems to have pointed עוֹנֵתָם; and even thus it will hardly bear their rendering, "these [two] furrows" (as if from עָנָה, to till, the same root as in the second Hebrew word above); but the margin, with all the versions (Davidson's Hebrew Text, page 125), has עֲונֹוֹתָם, their [two] iniquities, referring to the golden calves at Dan and Bethel (Henderson, Comment. ad loc.). (See CALF, GOLDEN).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Furrow'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/f/furrow.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
