A dictionary of the Bible; dealing with its language, literature, and contents, including the Biblical theology; . t one-tifth of an inch long,of a brownish colour, with a lighter-coloured wing-like border, and a pungent, aromatic odour andtaste. It is found wild in cornliclds in central andBimihem Europe and Egypt, perhaps escaped fromcultivation. It has been cultivated from remoteantiquity. The ojiinion of the translators of AV, in favourof anise (Iimpinella anisinn, L.), is hardly to beweighed against the direct evidence above adducedfor the identity of dill with dvriOoi. RV gives dillin th
A dictionary of the Bible; dealing with its language, literature, and contents, including the Biblical theology; . t one-tifth of an inch long,of a brownish colour, with a lighter-coloured wing-like border, and a pungent, aromatic odour andtaste. It is found wild in cornliclds in central andBimihem Europe and Egypt, perhaps escaped fromcultivation. It has been cultivated from remoteantiquity. The ojiinion of the translators of AV, in favourof anise (Iimpinella anisinn, L.), is hardly to beweighed against the direct evidence above adducedfor the identity of dill with dvriOoi. RV gives dillin the margin. G. E. Post. ANKLE-CHAINS (iTnvs, Arab, snldsil, AV of the legs, Is 3-).—The prophet refers tothe practice of joining the anklets by a short chain,to produce a stilted, afiected gait in walking. G. M. RIackie. ANKLETS (o-p?s;, Arab, khalakhil. Is 3», AVtinkling ornaments.)—The ref. is to the metaltwists and bangles of bracelet-like design worn onthe ankles of Oriental women, esp. of the Bedawinand fellahin class. The musical clink of theankleta and their ornaments, which to the wearied. peasant on the rough mountain path has th9refreshment of the bells to the Irnggage animals,is here alluded to as a social vulgarism whenallected by the Ladies of the upper , and asone of the marks of an artificial and unhealthytone of life. G. M. Mackib. ANNA {Kvva, the same name as the Heb. }Ilannali, from a root meaning grace).—1. Thtiwife of Tobit: I took to wife A. of the seed oour own family (To P-)- See TOBIT. , the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribof Asher (Lk 2-*). This genealogical noticmakes it clear that, though Asher was noone of the ten tribes which returned to after the Babylonian Caiitivity, individucmembers of the tribe had done so ; and furtherthat Anna belonged to a family of sufficient ditinction to have preserved its genealogy. In connexion it is interesting to notice thatthe tribe of Asher alone is celebrated i
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