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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon 
Strong's #1313 - בָּשָׂם
Transliteration 
bâsâm
Phonetics
baw-sawm'
				
					
					
				
	
Origin
from an unused root meaning to be fragrant
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
290a
Definition   
		- Brown-Driver-Briggs
 - Strong
 
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
			
		- spice, balsam
 - (TWOT) sweet, sweet smell, sweet odour
 
Frequency Lists 
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Verse Results 
				
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							Song of Solomon
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					BSB (1)
					
							Song of Solomon
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					CSB (0)
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KJV (1)
					
							Song of Solomon
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					LEB (0)
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WEB (1)
					
							Song of Solomon
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					Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
		2024) mxb (בסמ BSM) AC: ? CO: Spice AB: ?: (eng: balsam - with an added l)
Nm) mxb (בסמ BSM) - Spice: Sweet smelling spices. KJV (1): spice - Strongs: H1313 (בָּשָׂם)
gm) mxfb (בוסמ BWSM) - Spice: A sweet smelling spice. [df: MVb] KJV (29): spice, sweet, sweet - Strongs: H1314 (בֶּשֶׂם)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
	Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
		בָּשָׂם or בְּשָׂם (with Kametz impure) m., balsam, the balsam plant, formerly frequent in the gardens of Judæa, and still cultivated at Tiberias, Song of Solomon 5:1. (Arab. بَشَامُ an odorous shrub, like the balsam tree; by the insertion of Lam quadril. بلسام, بلسم, بلسان βάλσαμος, the balsam tree.) [“Ch. and Talmud. בּוּסְמָן, also אֲפַרְסְמוֹן, l being changed into r.”]
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