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Parched GroundEASTON'S
(Isa. 35:7), Heb. sharab, a “mirage”, a phenomenon caused by the refraction of the rays of the sun on the glowing sands of the desert, causing them suddenly to assume the appearance of a beautiful lake. It is called by the modern Arabs by the same Hebrew name serab.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd ed. (1897), public domain.