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ṣeʾĕlīm צֶאֱלִים ‘lotus’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be slender

ṣeʾĕlīm n, m
1) a kind of lotus
 1a) a thorny lotus shrub

Mentioned in Job 40:21, 40:22

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