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Description of Botanical Coloring Page: A Reed, The usual translation of kaneh, a plant which grew in the water in such abundance, and to such a height, that the hippopotamus could conceal itself amongst it (Job 40. 21). The stem was long and straight, and was consequently used for many purposes; and the name was transferred to the objects made of it, as to a cane (this word being derived from the Hebrew kaneh, a measuring rod (Ezekiel 40: 3), a beam of the balance. The plant is, with little doubt, Arundo donax - a tall grass that usually grows in or near water. The ancients made the shafts of their arrows of this grass, and used it also for flutes and pipes. The kalamos. or reed, of the New Testament is the same plant. Reeds (Heb. agham) in Jer. 51:32, rendered "marshes" in the margin of R.V., no doubt refers to the tall marsh plants or reeds that afforded protection to the defenders of the fords.
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