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White of an Egg
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
WHITE OF AN EGG (EV [Note: English Version.] Job 6:6 , RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘juice of purslain’). The allusion should perhaps be understood to be the juice of some insipid plant, probably Portulaca oleracea , L., the common purslane. ‘White of an egg’ (lit., on this view, ‘slime of the yoke’) is still, however, accepted by many interpreters.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'White of an Egg'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/w/white-of-an-egg.html. 1909.