LEEK

LEEK

(Heb. “hasir”, ordinarily means “herb”; probable meaning: “leek”, since it is among the onions and garlic consumed in Egypt.

The Targum Onkelos, the LXX, the Vulgate and the Syriac Version translate “leeks”; Furthermore, in Aramaic they are called “k’sir”).
It is grown in abundance in Palestine.
It is only cited in Nm. 11:5 throughout the Bible.

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