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Bdellium

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Bdellium. (Hebrew, bedolach). Genesis 2:12; Numbers 11:7. It is quite impossible to say whether bedolach denotes a mineral or an animal production or a vegetable exudation. Bdellium is an odoriferous exudation from a tree which is perhaps the Borassus flabelliformis, of Arabia Felix.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Bdellium'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​b/bdellium.html. 1901.
 
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