. Sacred geography, and antiquities . d in baskets(Jer. 6:9), and conveyed in baskets to their destined place. Ofthe vineyards belonging to the Mohammedans, Thomson says(vol. 2, p. 411): A large part of the crop is eaten or sold atthe time; the remainder is dried into raisins, or pressed, andthe juice boiled down to a thick molasses, called dibs; for theMoslems, as you are aware, make no wine. See also Robinson,Bib. Res., vol. 2, p. 81. This honey of grapes (Arabic dibs, honey,answering to the Hebrew debhash) was in use in ancient times,as it is now throughout the East; but it is never called


. Sacred geography, and antiquities . d in baskets(Jer. 6:9), and conveyed in baskets to their destined place. Ofthe vineyards belonging to the Mohammedans, Thomson says(vol. 2, p. 411): A large part of the crop is eaten or sold atthe time; the remainder is dried into raisins, or pressed, andthe juice boiled down to a thick molasses, called dibs; for theMoslems, as you are aware, make no wine. See also Robinson,Bib. Res., vol. 2, p. 81. This honey of grapes (Arabic dibs, honey,answering to the Hebrew debhash) was in use in ancient times,as it is now throughout the East; but it is never called tcine, andshould be carefully distinguished from it. See farther below. 17. iVine, that is, the fermented juice of the grape, was acommon article of manufacture and use among the ancientHebrews, as is attested by numerous passages of receptacles w^ere prepared, an upper (Heb., gafh, commonlyrendered ivinepress in our version), for the reception and tread-ing of the grapes; and a Joicer (Heb., yekebh, vat), for receiving.


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