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Bulrush

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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'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 (Isaiah 9:14-15; Isaiah 19:15). It used to be platted into rope; Job 41:2," canst thou put an hook (rather a rope of rushes) into his nose?" Moses' ark was woven of it (gomeh ): Exodus 2:3; Isaiah 18:2. "Vessels of bulrushes," light canoes of papyrus of the Nile, daubed over with pitch; derived from gaamah , "to absorb."

The Egyptians used it for making also garments, shoes, and baskets. In Exodus 2:3; Isaiah 18:2, it means the papyrus of which the Egyptians made light boats for the Nile; the same Hebrew (gomeh ) is translated rush (Job 8:11; 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.

Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Bulrush'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​b/bulrush.html. 1949.
 
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