The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . i-am), (Heb. c?^$, an-ee-awm, sighing of the people), a son of Shemidah theManassite (1 Chron. vii:io). ANIM (anim), (Heb. EV?, aw-neem, foun-tains), a city among the mountains northwest ofJudah (Josh. xv:5o). ANIMAL (ani-mrtl), an organized living body,endowed with sensation. In the Hebrew there are several terms renderedcreature, living thing, cattle, etc. Theanimals are in Lev. xi div
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . i-am), (Heb. c?^$, an-ee-awm, sighing of the people), a son of Shemidah theManassite (1 Chron. vii:io). ANIM (anim), (Heb. EV?, aw-neem, foun-tains), a city among the mountains northwest ofJudah (Josh. xv:5o). ANIMAL (ani-mrtl), an organized living body,endowed with sensation. In the Hebrew there are several terms renderedcreature, living thing, cattle, etc. Theanimals are in Lev. xi divided into four classes:(1) Larger terrestrial animals (v. 2) ; (2) aquaticanimals (vv. 9, 10) ; (3) birds (v. 13) ; (4)smaller animals (vv. 20, 29, 41, sq.) ; and theseclasses were again distinguished into clean, i. e.,eatable, and into unclean, whose flesh was not tobe eaten (Comp. Lev. xi: and Deut. xiv:i-2o).The larger terrestrial animals were, moreover, inthe Old Testament separated into cattle, i. e., tamedomestic animals, and into beasts of the field orwild beasts (Keil. Bib. Arch.; Mc. and Str. ). ANISE (anis), (Gr. av^dov, anay-tkon), whichoccurs in Matt, xxiii:23, was commonly employed. Anise. [Anethum graveoUns.\ ANKLET 109 ANNUNCIATION by the Greek and Roman writers to designate aplant used both medicinally and as an article ofdiet. In Europe the word has always been used todenote a similar plant, which is familiarly knownby the name of Dill, and there is no doubt that inthe above passage it should have been so common dill is an annual plant, growingwild among the corn in Spain and Portugal; andon the coast of Italy, in Egypt, and about Astra-can. It resembles fennel, but is smaller, has moreglaucous leaves, and a less pleasant smell; thefruit or seeds, which are finely divided by capillarysegments, are elliptical, broader, flatter, and sur-rounded with a membraneous disk. They havea warm and aromatic taste, owing to the presenceof a pale yellow
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