. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ts leaves are large, and its fruit some-what like the squash.—2. Heb. ■p].pakku,6th(2K. ), a fruit gathered ignorantly by one of the sonsof the prophets, who supposed them to be good forfood; doubtless (so Mr. Houghton) a species of thegourd tribe (Cucurbitacece), which contains someplants of a very bitter and dangerous leaves and tendrils of this family of plants bearsome resemblance to those of the vine. Hence theexpression wild vine, and as several kinds ofCuciirbitacea;, such as melons, pumpkins, &c, arefavorite articles of ref
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ts leaves are large, and its fruit some-what like the squash.—2. Heb. ■p].pakku,6th(2K. ), a fruit gathered ignorantly by one of the sonsof the prophets, who supposed them to be good forfood; doubtless (so Mr. Houghton) a species of thegourd tribe (Cucurbitacece), which contains someplants of a very bitter and dangerous leaves and tendrils of this family of plants bearsome resemblance to those of the vine. Hence theexpression wild vine, and as several kinds ofCuciirbitacea;, such as melons, pumpkins, &c, arefavorite articles of refreshing food amongst the Ori-entals, we can easily understand the cause of themistake. The etymology of the Hebrew word frompdka, to split or burst open, has been thought tofavor the identification of the plant with the Ecba- 348 GOV GOV Hum elaierium or squirting cucumber, so calledfrom the elasticity with which the fruit, when ripe,opens and scatters the seeds when touched. Celsius,Rosenmiiller, Winer, and Gesenius favor this ex-. Costor-oil Plant (Ricinus communis). planation. The old versions, however, understandthe colocynth, the fruit of which is about the sizeof an orange. The drastic medicine in such gen-eral use is a preparation from this plant. Since the \
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