knops. or, gourds. Pekaim, `artificial knops,' in the shape of {colocynths} or wild gourds, as the word denotes. (See note on
2 Kings 4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full...
;) the full- blown flowers of which must have been very ornamental.
open flowers. or, openings of flowers