bdellium

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Here the bdellium is to be found[171].

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  1. noun An aromatic gum resin similar to myrrh, produced by certain Asian and African shrubs or trees of the genus Commiphora.

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  • I offer for the bdellium —the other may be found or not found ... what I see glitter on the ground, that will suffice to make me rich as—rich as— So bless you my own Ba! —  The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 1845-1846
  • The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah (Arabia), where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. —  American Chronicle
  • And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • The "bdellium" mentioned by Moses in Genesis is a perfuming gum, resembling frankincense, if not identical with it Several passages in Exodus prove the use of perfumes at a very early period among the Hebrews. —  The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
  • Here the bdellium is to be found[171]. —  The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela
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  1. Middle English, from Latin, from Greek bdellion, variant of bdolkhon, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian budulḫu.

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  1. In Middle English bdelyum, bidellium, from Late Latin bdellium, from Greek βδέλλιον, a plant, a fragrant gum which exudes from it (Dioscorides, Pliny); used (also in the form βδέλλα) to translate Hebrew b'dōlakh, a precious article of merchandise mentioned along with gold and precious stones (Gen. ii. 12). The opinion of the rabbins, which Bochart supports, is that b'dōlakh signifies orig. a pearl, and as a collective noun pearls, which may be compared to grains of manna; hence its secondary sense of a gum.
 

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