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King James	Da 1:12	Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

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Word	King James Dictionary - Definition
BESEECH	To call upon; appeal; beg.

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Easton Dictionary - Definition

DRINK

The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer.

To drink water by measure (Ezek. 4:11), and to buy water to drink (Lam. 5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter.

The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of Lev. 11:20, 23, 41, 42. (See Matt. 23:24. "Strain at" should be "strain out.")

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Word	American Tract Society - Definition
PULSE	A general name for peas, beans, and all large or leguminous seeds.

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Word	Easton Dictionary - Definition
PULSE	(Dan. 1:12, 16), R.V. "herbs," vegetable food in general.

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Word	King James Dictionary - Definition
PULSE	Bean or seed used for food.

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American Tract Society - Definition

WATER

See CISTERN and WELLS.

In Isa 35:7, the Hebrew word for "parched ground" that shall become a pool of water, is the same with the Arabic term for the mirage, a peculiar optical illusion by which travelers in hot and dry deserts think they see broad lakes and flowing waters; they seem to discern the very ripple of the waves, and the swaying of tail trees on the margin in the cool breeze; green hills and houses and city ramparts rise before the astonished sight, recede as the traveler advances, and at length melt away in the hot haze. Not so the blessings of the gospel; they are no alluring mockery, but real waters of everlasting life, Isa 55:1 Joh 4:14 Re 22:1. Compare Isa 29:8 Jer 15:18.

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