[Rev 8:11]): What the Heb la‛ănāh may have been is obscure; it is clear it was a bitter substance and it is usually associated with “gall”; in LXX it is variously trd, but never by apsinthos, “wormwood.” Nevertheless all ancient tradition supports the EV tr. The genus Artemisia (N.O. Compositae), “wormwood,” has five species of shrubs or herbs found in Pal (Post), any one of which may furnish a bitter taste. The name is derived from the property of many species acting as anthelmintics, while other