Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Parched Ground

(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 Bible Dictionary, M. G. Easton (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.