Bulrush

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BULRUSH.—See Reed.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909

'Agmon, from 'aagam, a marsh. "The head or tail, branch or rush," i.e. high or low; the lofty palm branch, or the humble reed (Isa_9:14-15; Isa_19:15). It used to be platted into rope; Job_41:2," canst thou put an hook (rather a rope of rushes) into his nose?" Moses' ark was woven of it (gomeh): Exo_2:3; Isa_18:2. "Vessels of bulrushes," light canoes of papyrus of the Nile, daubed over with pitch; derived from gaamah, "to absorb."
The Egyptians used it for making also garments, shoes, and baskets. In Exo_2:3; Isa_18:2, it means the papyrus of which the Egyptians made light boats for the Nile; the same Hebrew (gomeh) is translated rush (Job_8:11; Isa_35:7). The Egyptian kam is related. This papyrus is no longer found below Nubia. It is a strong bamboo-like rush, as thick as a finger, three grainered, from 10 to 15 feet high. It is represented on the tomb of Tel, of the sixth dynasty, and other oldest Egyptian monuments.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.

Bulrush. (or papyrus). A reed growing, in the shallow water, on the banks of the Nile. It grows to the height of 12 or 15 feet, with a stal, two or three inches in diameter. The stalks are very pliable and can be very closely interwoven, as is evident from their having been used in the construction of arks. Exo_2:3; Exo 2:5). Paper was made from this plant, from which it derives its name.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863

גמא , Exo_2:3; Job_8:11; Isa_18:2; Isa_35:7. A plant growing on the banks of the Nile, and in marshy grounds. The stalk rises to the height of six or seven cubits, beside two under water. This stalk is triangular, and terminates in a crown of small filaments resembling hair, which the ancients used to compare to a thyrsus. This reed, the Cyperus papyrus of Linnaeus, commonly called “the Egyptian reed,” was of the greatest use to the inhabitants of the country where it grew; the pith contained in the stock served them for food, and the woody part for building vessels, figures of which are to be seen on the engraven stones and other monuments of Egyptian antiquity. For this purpose they made it up, like rushes, into bundles; and, by tying these bundles together, gave their vessels the necessary shape and solidity. “The vessels of bulrushes,” or papyrus, “that are mentioned in sacred and profane history,” says Dr.
Shaw, “were no other than large fabrics of the same kind with that of Moses, Exo_2:3; which, from the late introduction of plank and stronger materials, are now laid aside.” Thus Pliny takes notice of the “naves papyraceas armamentaque Nili,” “ships made of papyrus, and the equipments of the Nile; and he observes, “ex ipsa quidem papyro navigia texunt,” “of the papyrus itself they construct sailing vessels.” Herodotus and Diodorus have recorded the same fact; and among the poets, Lucan, “Conseritur bibula Memphitis cymba papyro,” “the Memphian” or Egyptian “boat is made of the thirsty papyrus;” where the epithet bibula, “drinking,” “soaking,” “thirsty,” is particularly remarkable, as corresponding with great exactness to the nature of the plant, and to its Hebrew name, which signifies to soak or drink up. These vegetables require much water for their growth; when, therefore, the river on whose banks they grew was reduced, they perished sooner than other plants. This explains Job_8:11, where the circumstance is referred to as an image of transient prosperity: “Can the flag grow without water? Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.”
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.

bool?rush. See REED.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.

Isa_58:5 (a) This is a type which describes the bowed head, the heavy heart, and the distressed spirit of one who has been crushed by his circumstances.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.

Bulrush
is used synonymously with “RUSH” in the A. V. as the rendering of two Hebrew words.' SEE REED.
1. AGMON', אִגְמוֹן, in Isa_9:13; Isa_19:15, in the proverbial expression “branch and rush,” equivalent to high and low alike (the Sept. has μέγαν καὶ μικρόν in one passage, ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος in the other), and in Isa_58:6, the Hebrew term is rendered “bulrush.” The word is derived from אָגָם, agan', a marsh, because the bulrush grows in marshy ground. The bulrush was platted into ropes (A. V. “hook”), as appears from Job_41:2 (see Bochart, Hieroz. 2, 772; comp. Plin. Nat. Hist. 19, 2). The Sept. has κρίκος in the latter passages. SEE RUSH.
2. GOME', גֹּמֶא(from גָּמָא, to drink up, referring to the porous nature of the plant, as absorbing moisture: hence the Latin name biblus; comp. “bibula papyrus” in Lucan, 4:136), occurs Exo_2:3 (where Sept. omits); Isa_18:2 (Sept. βίβλος); 35, 7 (Sept. ἕλος); Job_8:11 (Sept. πάπυρος); in the first two of which passages it is translated in our version by “bulrush,” and in the last two by “rush,” and is undoubtedly the Egyptian papyrus (papyrus Nilotica), so famous in the history of writing, and from which the word paper is derived. It is the Cyperus papyrus of modern botany. It was anciently very abundant in Egypt, but is now very scarce there. It is found in great abundance, however, in Syria and Abyssinia. The Egyptians used this plant for garments, shoes, baskets, various kinds of utensils, and especially for boats. It was the material of the ark (q.v.) in which Moses was exposed, and of it the vessels mentioned in Isa_18:2 were formed. This practice is referred to by Lucan (4. 136) and by Pliny (13. 11, s. 22). (Comp. Celsius, Hierob. 2, 137-152.) SEE PAPYRUS.

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.

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