Easton's Bible Dictionary
Parched ground
(Isaiah 35:7), Hebrews sharab, a "mirage", a phenomenon caused by the refraction of the rays of the sun on the glowing sands of the desert, causing them suddenly to assume the appearance of a beautiful lake. It is called by the modern Arabs by the same Hebrew name serab.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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imp. & p. p.) of Parch.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PARCHEDparcht: Four different root words have been translated "parched" in English Versions of the Bible:
(1) qalah, "roasted." This word is applied to corn or pulse. It is a common practice in Palestine and Syria to roast the nearly ripe wheat for eating as a delicacy. A handful of heads of fully developed grain, with the stalks still attached, are gathered and bound together and then, holding the bunch by the lower ends of the stalks, the heads are toasted over a fire of straw or thorn bush. By the time most of the sheaths are blackened the grain is toasted, and, after rubbing off the husks between the hands, is ready to eat (Leviticus 2:14). A form of pulse is toasted in the same way and is more sought after than the grain. In the larger towns and cities, venders go about the streets selling bunches of toasted chick-peas. The Bible references, however, are probably to another form of roasted grain. The threshed wheat or pulse is roasted over a fire on an iron pan or on a fiat stone, being kept in constant motion with a stirrer until the operation is finished. The grain thus prepared is a marketable article. Parched grain is not now so commonly met with as the pulse, which either roasted or unroasted is called chommoc (from Arabic "to roast" or "parch"). Parched pulse is eaten not only plain, but is often made into confection by coating the seeds with sugar. In Bible times parched wheat or pulse was a common food, even taking the place of bread (Leviticus 23:14 Joshua 5:11 Ruth 2:14). It was a useful food supply for armies, as it required no further cooking (1 Samuel 17:17). It was frequently included in gifts or hostages (1 Samuel 25:18 2 Samuel 17:28).
(2) charer, "burned" or "parched" (compare Arabic chariq, "burned"), is used in the sense of dried up or arid in Jeremiah 17:6.
(3) tsicheh, is used in Isaiah 5:13, the King James Version "dried up" the Revised Version (British and American) "parched" tsechichah in Psalm 68:6, the King James Version "dry," the Revised Version (British and American) "parched."
(4) sharabh, rendered "parched" in the King James Version, is "glowing" in the Revised Version (British and American). The word implies the peculiar wavy effect of the air above parched ground, usually accompanied by mirages (compare Arabic serdb, "mirage") (Isaiah 35:7; Isaiah 49:10). In predicting a happy future for Zion the prophet could have chosen no greater contrast than that the hot glowing sands which produce illusive water effects should be changed into real pools.
See MIRAGE.
James A. Patch
PARCHED CORN (GRAIN)
parcht.
See FOOD.
Greek
850. auchmeros -- to boast ... auchmeros Phonetic Spelling: (owkh-may-ros') Short Definition: dingy, dusky, obscure,
dark, funereal Definition: (poetical, lit: dry and
parched; then: squalid
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6704. tsicheh -- parched... 6703, 6704. tsicheh. 6705 .
parched. Transliteration: tsicheh Phonetic
Spelling: (tsee-kheh') Short Definition:
parched. Word Origin
... /hebrew/6704.htm - 5k 7039. qali -- parched (grain)
... 7038, 7039. qali or qali. 7040 . parched (grain). Transliteration: qali or
qali Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-lee') Short Definition: grain. ... parched corn. ...
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2788. charer -- a parched place
... 2787, 2788. charer. 2789 . a parched place. Transliteration: charer Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-rare') Short Definition: wastes. ... parched place. ...
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8273. sharab -- burning heat, parched ground
... 8272, 8273. sharab. 8274 . burning heat, parched ground. Transliteration: sharab
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rawb') Short Definition: land. ... heat, parched ground ...
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5405. nashath -- to be dry or parched
... 5404, 5405. nashath. 5406 . to be dry or parched. Transliteration: nashath
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-shath') Short Definition: dry. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6773. tsimah -- parched condition
... 6772, 6773. tsimah. 6774 . parched condition. Transliteration: tsimah Phonetic
Spelling: (tsim-aw') Short Definition: thirst. Word Origin fem. ...
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6724. tsayon -- dryness, parched ground
... 6723, 6724. tsayon. 6725 . dryness, parched ground. Transliteration: tsayon
Phonetic Spelling: (tsee-yone') Short Definition: drought. ...
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6707. tsechichah -- scorched land
... Word Origin from tsachach Definition scorched land NASB Word Usage parched land
(1). ... Feminine of tschiyach; a parched region, ie The desert -- dry land. ...
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6723. tsiyyah -- dryness, drought
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition dryness, drought NASB Word Usage desert
(3), drought (2), dry (5), dry places (1), parched (4), parched land (1). ...
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2717a. chareb -- to be dry or dried up
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be dry or dried up NASB Word Usage becomes
parched (1), dried (10), dries (1), dry (3), parched (1). 2717, 2717a. ...
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Library
The Heath in the Desert and the Tree by the River
... 'He shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but
shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the heath in the desert.htm
The Crowning with Thorns.
... the Passion than she again became extremely ill, oppressed with fever, and so tormented
by violent thirst that her tongue was perfectly parched and contracted ...
/.../chapter xxvi the crowning with.htm
'A Dew from the Lord'
... night, and their poetic imagination found in it a fit symbol for all silent and
gentle influences from heaven that refreshed and quickened parched and dusty ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/a dew from the lord.htm
The Dew and the Plants
... the word really means the heavy night-clouds that come upon the wings of the
south-west wind, to diffuse moisture and freshness over the parched plains, in the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the dew and the plants.htm
How Moses when He had Brought the People Out of Egypt Led
... had exceeding little water, so that it not only was not at all sufficient for the
men, but not enough to feed any of the cattle, for it was parched up, and had ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how moses when.htm
Gideon's Fleece
... can freshen our worn and drooping souls, can give joy in sorrow, can keep us from
being touched by surrounding evils, and from being parched by surrounding ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/gideons fleece.htm
I Might Well Reply as I have done Even if it were a Question of a ...
... or are drinking water to cool their thirst, and wake up with their throats parched
and burning! You exact from me the fulfilment of a promise given in a dream. ...
/.../31 i might well reply.htm
The Effects of this Fourth State of Prayer. Earnest Exhortations ...
... high without this,"if it be well broken up by great detachment from all self-interest,
it will drink in so much water that it can hardly ever be parched again ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter xix the effects of.htm
St. Ambrose Returns to the Story of the Widow of Sarepta...
... in the vision of his mind, that that rain was the dew of the Divine Word, which
first came down on the fleece, when all the earth was parched with continual ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter iii st ambrose returns.htm
Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Words of Jesus on the Cross.
... Jesus was almost fainting; his tongue was parched, and he said: 'I thirst.' The
disciples who were standing round the Cross looked at him with the deepest ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xlv fifth sixth and.htm
Thesaurus
Parched (37 Occurrences)... Easton's Bible Dictionary
Parched ground.
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (imp.
& pp) of Parch. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
PARCHED.
.../p/parched.htm - 20kPulse (3 Occurrences)
... (2) In 2 Samuel 17:28, "pulse" after "parched" is not in the original, but is probably
more correct than the translation in (1), as "pulse" usually implies ...
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Beans (2 Occurrences)
... and in 2 Samuel 17:28 David receives from certain staunch friends of his at Mahanaim
a present, which included "beans, and lentils, and parched pulse." EWG ...
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Corn (107 Occurrences)
...PARCHED CORN (GRAIN). parcht. See FOOD. ... And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached
her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. ...
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Wheat (56 Occurrences)
... Ezek. 27:17; Acts 12:20). Parched grains of wheat were used for food in
Palestine (Ruth 2:14; 1 Samuel 17:17; 2 Samuel 17:28). The ...
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Negeb (37 Occurrences)
... ha-neghebh, "the negeb" or simply, neghebh, from a root meaning "to be dry," and
therefore in the first instance implying the "dry" or "parched regions," hence ...
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Negev (39 Occurrences)
... ha-neghebh, "the negeb" or simply, neghebh, from a root meaning "to be dry," and
therefore in the first instance implying the "dry" or "parched regions," hence ...
/n/negev.htm - 26k
Lentils (4 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 17:28 brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley,
and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse ...
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Grounded (5 Occurrences)
... sadheh, "a plain," "a field" (1 Chronicles 11:13, the Revised Version (British and
American) "plot of ground"); for other special words see DRY; FALLOW; PARCHED...
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Earthen (19 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 17:28 brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley,
and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse ...
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