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H260 אָחוּ (ʼâchûw) aw'-khoo
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

of uncertain (perhaps Egyptian) derivation; a bulrush or any marshy grass (particularly that along the Nile)

KJV Usage: flag, meadow

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָחוּ (a.chu) — meadow. reeds, marsh plants, rushes

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Plants | ≈ גֹּמֶא

reed grass, reeds, rushes = type of grass; ◄ found on the borders of the Nile; ► eaten by cattle

GEN 41:2 · GEN 41:18 · JOB 8:11 · HOS 13:15

1 HOS 13:15 RSV NJPS NRSV GNT | MT HOTTP-B NIV NJB REB CEV "brothers" = אָח

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָחוּ n.m. Jb 8:11 coll. reeds, rushes base

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