of the eye (Proverbs 7:2). (Comp. the promise, Zechariah 2:8; the prayer,
Psalm 17:8; and its fulfilment, Deuteronomy 32:10.)
The so-called “apple of Sodom” some have supposed to be the Solanum
sanctum (Hebrews hedek), rendered “brier” (q.v.) in Micah 7:4, a thorny
plant bearing fruit like the potato-apple. This shrub abounds in the Jordan
valley. (See ENGEDI.)