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ḥārūl חָרוּל ‘nettle’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: apparently a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly

ḥārūl n, m
1) nettles, weeds, kind of weed (perhaps chickpea)

Mentioned in Zephaniah 2:9 Proverbs 24:31 Job 30:7

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