Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
) Heb. ha’ahu (Gen. 41:2, 18), probably an Egyptain word transferred to the Hebrew; some kind of reed or water-plant. , the sedge or rank grass by the river side. , “Maareh-geba”).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
MEAD'OW is in Gen 41:2 the rendering of an Egyptian word denoting rushes or water-plants in general. In Jud 20:33 the Hebrew words rendered with "meadow" would, by a slight change in the punctuation, read "cave," which seems more appropriate.
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