. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Lentile (Ervum Ltnt). where they are grown, viz. the south of Europe, Asia,and North Africa : the red lentile is still a favoritearticle of food in the East. The modern Arabicname of this plant = the Hebrew; it is known inEgypt, Arabia, Syria, &c, by the name (i. 167) found lentiles very palatable,and could well conceive that to a weary hunter,faint with hunger, they might be quite a (Picl. Bible) says he has often partaken of redpottage, prepared by seething the lentiles in water,and then adding a little suet, to give them
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Lentile (Ervum Ltnt). where they are grown, viz. the south of Europe, Asia,and North Africa : the red lentile is still a favoritearticle of food in the East. The modern Arabicname of this plant = the Hebrew; it is known inEgypt, Arabia, Syria, &c, by the name (i. 167) found lentiles very palatable,and could well conceive that to a weary hunter,faint with hunger, they might be quite a (Picl. Bible) says he has often partaken of redpottage, prepared by seething the lentiles in water,and then adding a little suet, to give them a flavor.(Edom.) Lentile bread is still eaten by the poorof Egypt. Foon. * Len tisk. Mastich. Leop ard [lep-] is invariably given by the A. the translation of the Heb. ndrner, and Leopard (Zeopardus varius).—(Fbn.) nemar, which occur in the seven following pas-sages—Is. xi. 6; Jer. v. 6, xiii. 23; Dan. vii. 6; Hos. xiii. 7; Cant. iv. 8; Hab. i. 8. Leopard oc-curs also as the translation of the Gr. pardalis inEcclus. xxviii. 23, and in Rev. xiii. 2. The leop-ard (Leopardus varius ; Fells Leopardns, Linn.) be-longs to the cat family. Its swiftness is well known;so great is the flexibility of its body, that it cantake surprising leaps, climb trees, or crawl snake-like upon the ground. Jeremiah and Hosea alludeto its insidious habits : it will take up its positionin some spot near a village, and watch for a favor,able opportunity foi plunder. From the passage ofCanticles, referred to above, we learn that the hillyranges of Lebanon were in ancient times frequentedby these animals, and it is now not uncommonlyseen in and about Lebanon, and the southern mari-time mountains of Syria. Under the name ndmer(spoiled), not improbably another animal, viz. thecheetah, or
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