(the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "to be yellow," yellowness), the result of cutting east winds blighting and thus rendering the grain unproductive ( Deuteronomy 28:22 ; 1 Kings 8:37 ; 2 Chr 6:28 ).
MILDEW
mil'-du (yeraqon; Septuagint usually ikteros, literally, "jaundice"):
In the 5 passages where it occurs it is associated with shiddaphon, "blasting" (Deuteronomy 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Amos 4:9; Haggai 2:17). In Jeremiah 30:6, the same word is translated "paleness," the yellow color of one with abdominal disease. The root-meaning is "greenish yellow"; compare the Arabic yarqan, meaning both "jaundice" and "blight." Mildrew or "rust" in grain is due to a special fungus, Puccinia graminis, whose life is divided between the barberry and cereals. Many other varieties of fungi which flourish upon other plants are also designated "mildew."
See BLASTING.
E. W. G. Masterman
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